With the advent of psychology and psychiatry came the 'me first' generation, devoid of responsibility on a grand scale for actions or inactions with no 'soul' and no accountability. A progressive is someone who believes in himself and his own value and worth to society. He believes in his own family and supports the families of others. He is an honest, hard-worker who produces something he can be proud of that benefits his company, his nation, his friends, all of MANKIND, THE PLANET and whatever his belief in a Supreme Being may be. A progressive sees beyond the end of his own nose and on out into the future and acts to make that future a welcome one.

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