We Americans live in a time of zero sacrifice. We think what’s good for us is what’s best for everyone. And if it isn’t good for everyone, screw everyone else. We are the Selfish Society.

It doesn’t matter to us if some new program up before Congress is good for the country as a whole. If it doesn’t make our lives better now, if it requires the slightest sacrifice, we’re against it. Sorry, I misstated that. If it looks like in the future, it possibly could lead to a slippery slope that could lead to a slight sacrifice, we’re against it.

It used to be said, “What’s good for General Motors is good for America.” Now it’s like “What’s good for me is all that matters.”

Jack Kennedy, that silly dreamer, said, “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” When did that get turned around? When did it become politically correct to think, “Screw you, Jack, I’ve got mine”?

When a Michael Douglas movie character said, “Greed is good,” we knew he was the bad guy, which meant that he was wrong. How did Gordon Gecko get to be the good guy whose philosophy is now a mantra for half the people in the country?

I believe in the philosophy of the bigger pie. I don’t believe if everyone protects their cherries, we’ll never get it cooked.

I believe if we make some sacrifices now, it will pay off in the future for everyone, including me, even it means I’m the one who must sacrifice now.

I’m willing to give up a cherry or two now for a piece of pie later.  Are you?