We live in the greatest country on Earth. For the past 200 years our freedom and democracy have been shining examples to the rest of the world; driven by a strong cultural work ethic and fueled by the economic engine of free market capitalism.
 American capitalism first began in the seventeenth century when Puritans left England for America and motivated by a desire for greater religious freedom from the Church of England.Â
They were an altruistic group in search of a new free economy that combined the core values of hard work, investment and savings, with the unwavering belief that doing good was good for business. This was the Puritan Protestant formula for entrepreneurial virtue referred to as the Protestant Work Ethic. Entrepreneurs were motivated to make money by providing a much needed product or service to society. For their risk and success they would earn profits. Everyone benefited.
 Something very troubling has happened since then. All of us: We The People have become victims of a sick and broken economic system that is destroying our future. Painful symptoms are everywhere.
 Polarized Politics & Government; America’s Education System Is In Crisis; Health Care Costs Are Sending Americans To The Poorhouse; Financial Services Sector Is Dominating Our Economy; Depleted Natural Resources; Extreme Poverty; Toxic Environment; Lack of Civility in Public Discourse; Pervasive Hypocrisy
Even the very wealthy are unable to insulate themselves. It is an incapacitating vicious circle where economics dictate our cultural values instead of our cultural values dictating our economics. And it is accelerating our demise! Instead of being our servant, money has imprisoned our Republic, replaced it with a Corporate State, and annihilated our moral compass. All mechanisms within the political process to protect citizens from accelerating impoverishment, internal control and corporate abuse have been ruptured.â€
Our great nation is losing its soul as a result of our addiction to chasing money. Unfettered capitalism and globalization are killing our ecosystem and creating a worldwide system of neo-feudalism.
With all ideology apart, we need solutions. What to do?
