The first step is to understand the seriousness and inevitability of what is happening on our current course. In 15 years this nation will be a third world country with a collapsed economy at the rate we are going. We are becoming irrelevant.
I will take you up on that prediction. Gloom and doomers are almost always wrong and you are no exception. In 15 years the US will be even more prosperous and wealthy : )
The flaw in your argument is that we aren't indolent slave owners. We are shrewd nasty competitors. We lead the world in new growth areas. We take the best brains from around the world and put them to work creating new industries and products. Our strength isn't in competing in low cost labor and commodities, rather our strength is in creating something from nothing. As long as the Government stays off our backs we will excel.