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01-18-2008, 07:31 PM
What can we do to avoid disaster? Challenging citizens to recognize the truth and find the determination and self-reliance to act on it, AMERICA THE BROKE shows us what must be done if we want our children to have a fair chance at a decent life, if we want to enjoy our old age, if we want America to once again stand on firm financial footing. Swanson takes us through a set of simple steps that can help avert calamity, from balancing the budget, cutting spending and keeping our hands off resources which are tempting in the short term, but ruinous in the long-term, like ‘borrowing’ from Social Security. He also urges Americans to act now to protect their lives, their liberties, their pocketbooks, and their children’s futures by sending a clear message to the politicians whose actions threaten the destruction of American prosperity and of the American dream. “We need to tell our government leaders in no uncertain terms that that their days at the public trough are over,” he declares. “We need to regain control over the budget—quickly. Together, we can do it. But time is short. This election year offers perhaps the last chance to persuade our leaders to change their course and act responsibility. In the final reckoning, it’s up to us to do what’s needed to save America’s ------ blank
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