Reflection+on+American+Wealth,+Greed,+and+Corruption

Americans are always focusing on achieving more than is necessary. This outlook often leads to corruption and greed. The thing that many Americans want is money, because they believe that money buys happiness. Once many Americans get a large amount of money, they want more than they have. They have seen what they could have, and they want it. They continue to want what they can't have because they always think what they can't have is better than what they have. This cycle of wealth and greed soon leads to corruption. You have wealth, then you want more, therefore you now have greed, and to get more you use unethical tactics, therefore having corruption. Americans will do whatever it takes to make them happy, and because they think that money is happiness, and because they are greedy, they will become corrupt. This cycle is dangerous and very hard to break. We have seen and been affected by this cycle time and time again. We look at our economy today, and ask ourselves what got us here. The answer is wealth, greed, and corruption. America needs to look around and see all that it has, all of the privileges that many here have compared to other parts of the world. And once it has done so, America needs to focus on something else besides money. Because, as we have seen, having your main goal be about obtaining money only leads to trouble, heartache, and disaster.

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