“Money, money, money!    Yay!    $$$,$$$,$$$,$$$    Let’s get rich!  
“Money, money, money!    Yay!    $$$,$$$,$$$,$$$    Let’s get rich!  
“Money, money, money!    Yay!    $$$,$$$,$$$,$$$    Let’s get rich!  
“Money, money, money!    Yay!    $$$,$$$,$$$,$$$    Let’s get rich!  
“Money, money, money!    Yay!    $$$,$$$,$$$,$$$    Let’s get rich!  
“Money, money, money!    Yay!    $$$,$$$,$$$,$$$    Let’s get rich!  
“Money, money, money!    Yay!    $$$,$$$,$$$,$$$    Let’s get rich!  
“Money, money, money!    Yay!    $$$,$$$,$$$,$$$    Let’s get rich!  
“Money, money, money!    Yay!    $$$,$$$,$$$,$$$    Let’s get rich!  
“Money, money, money!    Yay!    $$$,$$$,$$$,$$$    Let’s get rich!  
“Money, money, money!    Yay!    $$$,$$$,$$$,$$$    Let’s get rich!  
“Money, money, money!    Yay!    $$$,$$$,$$$,$$$    Let’s get rich!  
  
The above paragraph may appear to exaggerate the quest for money in the United States.  It was meant to do just that.  The quest for money and all that it can bring socially, politically and economically/financially has become the dominant cultural value of a vast swath of Americans…  and, other cultures and nations seem to be striving to emulate this model as well. 
 
I don’t have a problem with wealth, or getting and becoming rich, except when it injures the quality of life of others, or incapacitates their ability to improve their quality of life equally as anyone else.  There probably are no other acquisitions that carry as much potential social clout as having lots of money.  What is delusional is for people earning less than $200,000 a year gross, and who carry $850,000 or more in debt thinking that life is rosy, that they are on top of the world, that they can retire at age 55 and not have a care in the world.  There are many assumptions that underlie those opinions – assumptions that will lead to personal financial collapse when economic times change.  And as change is constant, failure to measure the demography of change is either fatal or nearly so for any enterprise or organizations that do not take the factors of change into account.  This is applicable to large or small organizations, profit-making, non-profit and governments whether democratic or totalitarian.  All succumb to change when they do not anticipate change has the capability of leveling the mighty, the proud and the humble.  Humility does not assure survival, neither do arrogance or pride.  The assumptions that cause such blindsided positions are many, but one above all stands out.