The big lie
Subtitle: how our government hoodwinked the public, emptied the S.S. trust fund and caused the great economic collapse
By: Allen W. Smith
Publisher: Ironwood Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Frostproof, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780977085170; 9780977085187
Subjects: United States; Government spending policy; Social security; United States. Social Security Administration; Finance; Economic forecasting; Economic policy; Budget surpluses; Fiscal policy
Other titles: How our government hoodwinked the public, emptied the S.S. trust fund and caused the great economic collapse; How our government hoodwinked the public, emptied the social security trust fund and caused the great economic collapse
Description: Argues that government malpractice and gross negligence led to the 2008 collapse of the American banking system, which in turn caused a global financial collapse.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Blueprint for economic disaster; title: The budget surplus myth; title: The social security trust fund; title: The Clinton years; title: The policies of George W. Bush; title: Tax cuts and job creation; title: Financial status of U.S. government; title: Countdown to meltdown; title: A voice crying in the wilderness; title: Epilogue : the case for universal economic education; title: Index.