Introduction

The name of this blog is “It’s not about the money” for two reasons. First, it’s a funny and hypocritical phrase used by people who have a high salary and want a higher salary, but don’t want to look greedy. Big-time professional athletes use this phrase around contract renewal time. When they say “it’s not about the money,” that is code for “it’s all about the money.” Second, “it’s not about the money” is my central thesis explaining why what is happening to America. I’ll lay that all out over the next 5 or so blog posts.



I can safely say that in almost all respects, I am a typical citizen of the United States of America. Now, in a nation of over 300 million people, “typical” can cover a wide range of things. What I mean by typical is that I was born and raised here, graduated college and grad school, have been employed almost continuously since Reagan was President, married to only one wife for almost as long. I never served in the armed forces, never been arrested, never declared bankruptcy, never been debt-free as an adult, and never had a six-figure salary.


I’m not a politician, not an economist, not a whiner, not a know-it-all, but was not born yesterday either. I am a Christian, I am really imperfect, I believe in the original Golden Rule (treat others the way you would want to be treated) and appalled by the modern Golden Rule (he who has the gold makes the rules)… I can be funny at unexpected times, and I believe this country still has a chance to fulfill its potential.


But I started this blog because I am concerned that the window of opportunity for this nation to fulfill its potential is not just closing, but is being closed. I hope I can wake up enough people in this country to see what’s going on before it’s too late.