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and today the u.s.dollar is falling and savers find their savings wiped out
with verylittle left for retirement ... except for Social Security and Medicare,
which are also in trouble. History is repeating itself; only this time the
problem is bigger.

What We Are Concerned About

Donald said it first: ''I'm afraid we have developed an entitlement
mentality as a nation. And I'm not talking about just poor people. Too many
people, from the president and senators on down, expect a pension from
the government. I reallywish we could afford to solve their problems,but to
do that would bankrupt our nation. We could ask the rich to pay for
everyone, but would it solve the problem? And for how long would it even
solve the problem?"
I agreed. Donald and I want people to let go of the entitlement
mentality and become rich so they can solve the problem ... their own
problem.
Consider the following diagram:

THOUGHTS ~ ACTIONS ~ RESULTS
~ •
.. .........

The best way to solve the problem ofbad financial results is to change
our thoughts - to start thinking like rich people rather than poor and
middle-class people. That means losing the entitlement mentality -
whether you are a military officer, government worker, schoolteacher,
employee or just poor. Ifwe do not stop expecting the government to take
care of us, we will continue to have the same results - a bankrupt nation
filled with well-educated but financially needy people.
Albert Einstein defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over