WHAT DO AMERICANS LOVE MORE THAN MONEY?

Most Americans love money, but we love something even more: security. According to a 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center, 59 percent of U.S. adults prefer a job that offers better security over one that offers higher pay but less stability (33 percent). This is true not only when times are bad. It’s also true when times are good. A General Social Survey in 1989 – a year of economic expansion – produced similar results.

(From a sermon by C. Philip Green, Angels and Promises, 2/23/2011)