Download or read book The Fleecing of America written by Paul Shaw and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fleecing of America tells the very sobering story of how our leaders have caused our national debt to exceed $18 trillion dollars, terribly burdening our children and grandchildren who will have to deal with this issue. The debt is causing a national security crisis as well as degrading our standard of living. As Ronald Reagan said, "The Government does not solve problems, it subsidizes them." It is long since time for people to get involved with this issue and insist we change direction now.
Download or read book The Fleecing of America written by William Proxmire and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines numerous examples of the use and misuse of federal funds and offers suggestions for fiscal policies designed to promote more efficient government expenditures.
Download or read book The Big Cheat written by David Cay Johnston and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original lie -- Jobs mirage -- Charity doghouse -- Off the books -- Collecting tribute -- Don't ask, don't know -- Conflicts of interest -- Tax scam -- Polishing apple -- The Koch papers -- Wall scam -- Opportunity knocks -- Dangerous favors -- Expensive juice -- The shipping news -- Russian money man -- Promises, promises -- Family first -- After Trump.
Download or read book A Capitalist s Lament written by Leland Faust and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leland Faust unmasks Wall Street’s unsavory tactics in powerful detail by giving readers a high-level view of how the financial services industry misleads them, overcharges them, and exposes them to needless risk. He documents the financial industry’s alluring come-ons, airbrushed risks, high-stakes gambling, half-truths, misleading statements, outlandish predictions, tricks to overcharge customers, bad deals, and outright fraud by the most prominent and renowned of Wall Street’s players. A Capitalist’s Lament is about what happens when financial firms and their employees forget whose interest they are supposed to protect. It shows how making foolish or wrong predictions is of no consequence to those who make them and how Wall Street luminaries with poor track records still garner celebrity status. Most of all, it spotlights how Wall Street manipulates the system and furthers its own interests at its customers’ expense and puts us all at great risk. Here is what you need to know to protect yourself from “business as usual” and get ahead—instead of getting taken.
Download or read book The Fleecing of the American Subcontractor written by Maurice F. Ellison Jr. LLC and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History Has Begun written by Bruno Maçães and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular consensus says that the US rose over two centuries to Cold War victory and world domination, and is now in slow decline. But is this right? History's great civilizations have always lasted much longer, and for all its colossal power, American culture was overshadowed by Europe until recently. What if this isn't the end? In History Has Begun, Bruno Maçães offers a compelling vision of America's future, both fascinating and unnerving. From the early American Republic, he takes us to the turbulent present, when, he argues, America is finally forging its own path. We can see the birth pangs of this new civilization in today's debates on guns, religion, foreign policy and the significance of Trump. Should the coronavirus pandemic be regarded as an opportunity to build a new kind of society? What will its values be, and what will this new America look like? Maçães traces the long arc of US history to argue that in contrast to those who see the US on the cusp of decline, it may well be simply shifting to a new model, one equally powerful but no longer liberal. Consequently, it is no longer enough to analyze America's current trajectory through the simple prism of decline vs. progress, which assumes a static model-America as liberal leviathan. Rather, Maçães argues that America may be casting off the liberalism that has defined the country since its founding for a new model, one more appropriate to succeeding in a transformed world.
Download or read book Dirty Rotten Ceos written by William G. Flanagan and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this probing, thoroughly researched book, respected business writer William G. Flanagan goes beyond the headlines to examine the factors that led to one of the biggest economic fallouts in history. Here is a fascinating account of financial malfeasance at the highest level, of telecom cowboys and corrupt lobbyists, multi- millionaire businessmen cashing in their stock options without risking a dime of their own money. Behind-the-scenes looks into AOL Time Warner, WorldCom and others reveal the machinations behind the collapse of giant corporations.
Download or read book War on the Middle Class written by Lou Dobbs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-10-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lou Dobbs's bestselling exposé of the silent assault on the living standards of ordinary Americans Millions of TV viewers have known Lou Dobbs for years as the Walter Cronkite of economics coverage, and now the anchor has become the preeminent champion of the common man and the good of the national interest, who tells uncomfortable truths in a voice that can't be ignored. In this incendiary book, he presents a frontline report on the betrayal of America's middle class by interests that range from rapacious corporations to an out-of-touch political elite. The result is not only lost jobs but also dysfunctional schools and unaffordable health care. But War on the Middle Class also outlines a bold program for change. As essential as it is infuriating, this book furnishes the talking points for the national debate on income and class.
Download or read book The Big Con written by Jonathan Chait and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nationally syndicated columnist furnishes an eye-opening exposé that reveals how a small cadre of economic hucksters, obsessed with radical ideas that benefit no one but themselves and their business interests, have seized control of the American political system to dictate the nation's policies and American agenda.
Download or read book Easy Prey written by William S. Cohen and published by Marlowe. This book was released on 1997 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the con artists who attempt to drain senior citizens of their savings and income, and at the issue of Medicaid fraud
Download or read book Dirty Rotten Ceos written by William G. Flanagan and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features two 8-page b/w photo inserts. An exploration of the phenomenal world of America's chief executives where money is king and they are the knights of the round table. Based on solid research and interviews with key players, Flanagan exposes the exorbitant salaries, perks and benefits the top CEOs have amassed. He documents, among other things, how expensive, inefficient and potentially deadly stock options are, and shows how they allow the CEO to become unimaginably wealthy while diluting the value of shares owned by other stockholders.
Download or read book Easy Prey written by William S. Cohen and published by National Press Books. This book was released on 1995-11-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The senior senator from Maine offers informed advice to senior citizens and their families about how to protect themselves against overcharging for medical services, get-rich-quick and real-estate scams, and other illegal schemes. IP.
Download or read book Reparations written by James J. Dobranich and published by . This book was released on 2003-05-30 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stealing from America written by Nathan Miller and published by Marlowe & Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Insider trading, pork-barrel projects, and corrupt politicians may all sound contemporary, but, as Nathan Miller shows in this romp through the underbelly of history, larceny and greed crossed the ocean with smallpox, prospered in the New World, and have become the bedrock of American politics. In colonial New York and Charleston, governors extended open hands to pirates that were gladly filled in exchange for a safe haven to unload booty. The Revolutionary War was fought by ill-equipped and hungry soldiers freezing on battlefields like Valley Forge while merchants and speculators sat down to sumptuous 169-dish dinners in Philadelphia, their warehouses full of supplies they sold at 2,000 percent markups. Even George Washington amassed one of the largest fortunes in America through highly dubious land speculation practices." "This thievery continued through the nineteenth century with land swindles and railroad giveaways that ripped off both Native Americans and settlers; with the great robber barons, men like Cornelius Vanderbilt who made nine million during the Civil War outfitting completely unseaworthy vessels for huge profits; and with New York's Boss Tweed and his Forty Thieves. Casting his seasoned eye over this century's boondoggles, Nathan Miller uncovers the scams of Harding and the Teapot Dome in the twenties, the New Deal, World War II, and the Cold War. With Iran-Contra, HUD, and the Savings and Loan debacle in tow, the Reagan-Bush legacy follows in grand tradition. It promises to be remembered as one of the greatest eras of free-for-all plunder of the nation's coffers and threatens to put to shame, in terms of dollars pocketed, the money-grabbing greed of its illustrious predecessors. Stealing from America shows that greed, more so than notions of democracy and freedom, has been the fuel on which the engine of American government runs."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book God Wants You to Roll written by John Phillips and published by Running PressBook Pub. This book was released on 2005 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author recalls the 1994 fraud perpetrated by two nineteen-year-old security guards who bilked more than eight million dollars from people who thought they were buying cars at bargain-basement prices. Original.
Download or read book Proxmire written by Jonathan Kasparek and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proxmire: Bulldog of the Senate is the first comprehensive biography of one of Wisconsin’s most important, and entertaining, political figures. Known for championing consumer-protection legislation and farming interests, Senator Proxmire also fought continuously against wasteful government spending, highlighting the most egregious examples with his monthly “Golden Fleece Award.” Remembered by many Wisconsinites as a friendly, hand-shaking fixture at sporting events and state fairs, Proxmire was one of the few politicians who voted his conscience and never forgot about the people he represented.
Download or read book If It Bleeds It Leads written by Matthew Robert Kerbel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've been watching television news forever. You're intimately familiar with the friendly faces and soothing voices that nightly tell you what's wrong with the world. You think you know everything there is to know about them. You're wrong.If It Bleeds, It Leads takes us minute-by-minute through two-and-one-half real hours of syndicated, local, and network information programming to uncover the truth behind what passes as news. Why is the only real difference between Jerry Springer and Dan Rather that Dan's guests usually don't need medical attention? How did a load of baking powder spark two minutes of high-strung local news coverage? It's all here: the personal revelations of talk show guests; the dangers lurking in your neighborhood; sports; sex; celebrity; power; and weather updates every ten minutes--all real material taken from real broadcasts designed to keep viewers glued to the screen.
