Bill Maher hits this issue – AND EVERY ISSUE – out of the ballpark when he says our problem is we blame "it" on something other than ourselves so we don’t have to sacrifice anything and pay less taxes.
Since the ultimate Lipstick on a Pig, Ronald Reagan, that has been the political dynamic of this nation of Duh. And what is most disgusting is that American Christianity puts the pedal to the metal on that horrid selfish crap rather than doing what it should be doing.