Well, I was talking of "producing", not "work". At least in my mind, they're really not the same. Also, I'm sure that I did not mention communism. I do believe that the US has a very unique manner of looking at money, though.
By the way, can you think of a country in which taxation is so high that work is disincentivized?
The US is a melting pot of different philosophies, including the way they treat money. Not only do they have people who worship money, they have people that don't worship money and also everything in between, including those who hate and love taxes.
I'm not so sure if we can classify a whole country into one stereotype, and to do so would most definitely be small and close-minded thinking.