Here are the facts: —The United States has released 425 terrorists from Guantánamo, at least 50 of whom have returned to the battlefield to fight American troops. —Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both say they're fiscally responsible. But each has called for $1 trillion in tax increases over the next ten years—and dressed them up as tax cuts! —Mainstream Media has been given marching orders from the Society of Professional Journalists: never refer to "Islamic terrorists" or "Muslim terrorists." And they are obeying! Whenever our brave agents disrupt a terror plot, the media dismisses the culprits as a gang of idiots—lulling us into a false sense of security. —If the liberals win the 2008 election, they will cripple talk radio—forcing stations to give equal time to left-wing programs and insisting that liberals play a key role in station management. —Up to a quarter of all state pension funds in the United States are invested in companies that are helping Iran, Syria, North Korea, or the Sudan—for a total of nearly $200 billion. —The Do-Nothing Congress is still doing nothing—and the worst offenders are the presidential candidates Clinton, Obama, and McCain, who never show up for their day jobs as senators...except to pick up their $165,000 paychecks! Is it any wonder that Americans feel fleeced at every turn? As more and more critical problems develop that need national attention, the White House and Congress appear to be AWOL. Who's calling the shots instead? Big business, big government, big labor, and big lobbyists. And their self-serving agendas are doing nothing to help the ever-increasing number of American people who are losing their homes, paying credit card interest rates higher than 25 percent, and finding their jobs increasingly outsourced to foreign countries. In this hard-hitting call to arms, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann reveal the hundreds of ways American taxpayers are routinely fleeced—by our own government; by foreign countries like Dubai that are gobbling up American interests and spending millions to influence government decisions and American public opinion; by Washington lobbying firms that are pushing the agendas of corrupt foreign dictators on Capitol Hill; and by hedge-fund billionaires collecting huge tax breaks courtesy of the IRS. With their characteristic blend of sharp analysis and insider insight, Morris and McGann call offenders of all kinds on the carpet—and offer practical agendas we all can follow to help turn the tide.
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"It's always good to be a politcally/socially informed American, isn't it? It would get depressing though reading some of this after a while but I'm still glad I read it. Truly we are being fleeced in this country and there is no end in sight.... "
— Cynthia (4 out of 5 stars)
" Interesting perspective and I recommend it to my political friends. <br/> "
— Robert, 10/20/2010" Morris is concise and to the point quick read "
— Melissa, 3/10/2010" Morris hit the nail right on the head. Unfortunately it was only a tap. Perhaps a little harder might get their attention. Talk about a gigantic cover-up. As they say, Keep the exposure to a minimum." "
— Jim, 1/28/2010" He is so RIGHT ON!!! is scary but Loving every page "
— M, 10/20/2009" Wouldn't it be nice if everyone did their homework and read more about our government before they voted? Mr. Morris, a presidential advisor for Bush and Clinton is always on target, smart man. "
— Kathi, 10/10/2009" An insiders view of how things work in the gov't. I liked his style of economic writing with no wasted descriptive hyperbole. "
— Jlkempen, 9/17/2009" Only got a few chapters in. It was interesting but a little outdated now that Obama is actually in office and committing all of the atrocities mentioned in the book. Ironically this is the first book I haven't finished since Audacity of Hope, in which I only got to page 59. "
— Tara, 7/30/2009" Didn't finish all of this because I have it on audio and there are tons of lists that Congress wastes their time on so hard to listen to all of it. But it is interesting to learn about how Congress does nothing and all of the entangled ties that politicians have that are so sketchy. "
— Kristen, 7/14/2009" SO interesting if you're into this kind of thing and want to be depressed about the deficiencies of our US Congress "
— Kaycisings, 3/26/2009Eileen McGann is an attorney who, with her husband, writes columns for the New York Post. She has written extensively about the abuses of Congress and the need for reform.
Dick Morris served as Bill Clinton’s political consultant for twenty years. A regular political commentator on Fox News, he is the author of many New York Times bestsellers with his wife, Eileen McGann.
Johnny Heller, winner of numerous Earphones and Audie Awards, was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has been a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award winner from 2008 through 2013 and he has been named a top voice of 2008 and 2009 and selected as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine.