You may not like my answer, but here it goes:
Because we let them.
We live in an economic society where the money we spend can ONLY be created out of debt. This means that every dollar bill in our wallet or purse has been borrowed by somebody and there is interest being paid back for its existence.
We also live in a society where we have been taught, and we believe, that greed is everything. We may not call it that - we may call it "wanting to create a better opportunity for our children", but we fall into it nonetheless. We do this as a nation through our abuse of credit. Credit is debt. That is why our government wants us to use it. Without debt, there is no money - unless the Federal Reserve has the Bureau of Engraving print some more.
Finally, we send our children to schools of indoctrination. Oh, I know that "our" school for junior is better. It's those "other" schools that have problems. We have had multiple generations go through our public schools (and a lot of private schools) and get their minds pumped full of propaganda. How many children can tell me what the beginning of knowledge is? How many adults that went to these indoctrination camps can answer the question?
This is why we have a nation that has deserted God and is about to elect Barak Hussein Obama as President.
How do we solve it? It will take generations, and we need to begin now.
Fathers need to start being fathers, and learn how to be men. This does not mean knowing every stat for your favorite NFL football team. This means honoring the God whom you serve and being the spiritual head of your family - leading them in daily bible study and teaching them the things of God.
Wives need to stop following the world's standards. They should submit to their husbands and be helpmeets to them - not dripping faucets that are constantly nagging. Wives should also build their home and seek to raise a Godly seed. This does not mean leaving the home to go work under another man at some business - but to care for the home economy, raise the children in the fear and admonition of the Lord, and teach the children at home - instead of sending them to indoctrination camps.
Children need to be taught to honor God, and honor their Father and Mother so that all things will go well for them. They need to be taught the truth's of God's word and how to be mighty men of God for the boys and true cornerstones in the palace of the King for the girls.
Then...maybe then....our country will repent of its many sins and be saved.
Nice reply! I agree with everything you have said. My “How can they do this?” was more rhetorical - I’ve been present through the evolution and the trampling of our Constitution. I went through the last generation of decently-educated public school students (although in high school, the standards had already been relaxed).
An ignorant, complacent population is a ripe culture for tyranny. We’ve been ill-educated for decades now, and made complacent by all the gaudy bits and baubles we’ve been tranquilizing ourselves with.
Greed is one of the 7 deadly sins, and begets many of the others. We’ve built our house on sand, and the rains are now coming down!
I appreciate much of your sentiment and zeal, but there's nothing in the Bible which disallows women from working outside the home. Quite the contrary, the virtuous wife spoken of in Proverbs 31 is said to be a woman who does business in the market. We also know that Lydia was a businesswoman as well. The problem is that we haven't learned any sort of BALANCE. We usually work at jobs to the point of neglecting the needs of the kids and family. One does not have to work in that way, and there are jobs out there which allow for a parent to have his or her child with them at work. Also, there are jobs out there which don't suck up as many hours of the day as others. I maintain that both women AND men in our country often work more hours than they should---all in the pursuit of "a better life" to the neglect of the true better life which Christ has promised us.
If she wants to work outside the home, she should only take a job which will allow her the flexibility to manage and balance her work with the needs of her family. I would say the same for the husbands as well, however.
Again, I appreciated much of your post. :)