A quote I read several years ago:  If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at who he gives it to.    It seems to me though that material 'blessings' have generally been portrayed as compensation from Satan for one's soul.  So many think that the US has been abundantly blessed by God for being a Christian nation, but in reality, much of that blessedness has been derived by the exploitation and oppression of others.  Can we really be so arrogant to believe it has been God's hand that has bestowed so much on America through slavery, child labor, union busting, the transfer of jobs to areas where exploitation is still possible, etc, etc, etc.  I am truly afraid that the US has delivered our collective soul to the dark side, and we are in for a period of such tremendous evil that will make all of the earth's past pale in comparison.  Especially dismaying is that US Bishops led the descent.  God have mercy on them.