Preface
List of Diagrams, Graphs, Lists, and Tables
Introduction

Calibration
Federal Government Finances Overview

Personalized Reading Plan

Part I – Brief History

1. Colonial Times through Articles of Confederation (1620-1786)
2. The Constitution (1787-1795)
3. The Early Years (1796-1865)
4. The Industrialization of America (1865-1899)
5. The Progressive Movement (1900-1919)
6. The Roaring 20s (1920-1928)
7. 1st Great Depression (1929-1941): Progressives Gone Wild (1929-1945)
8. World War II (1941-1945)
9. Prosperity in America (1945-1959)
10. Dark Days in America: Progressives Gone Wild (1960-1979)
11. A New Day in America (1980-1999)
12. The Age of Terror (2000-)

Part II – Government Finances & Numbers

Section 1 – Drilling Down Through the Government Mess

13. Federal Government Spending Made Understandable
14. Government Spending – Real Numbers and Real Trends
15. Revenue for the Layers of Government
16. Government Spending At All Levels

Section 2 – A Closer Examination of Each of the Major Spending Areas

17. Federal Interest
18. Public Education – Pre K-12
19. Defense or the World’s 911?
20. Welfare – Individuals
21. Pensions
22. Medicare (Pre Obama Care)
23. The Social Security and Medicare Time Bomb

Section 3 – The Federal Reserve (The Fed)

24. The Fed Fraud – The Fed, Inflation and Commercial Banking
25. The Real Estate/Financial Collapse

Section 4 – Examples of Out of Control State and Local Spending

26. State and Local Government Financial Diseases
27. State of Florida
28. The School District of Manatee County
29. Manatee County Government
30. West Manatee Fire and Rescue District
31. Manatee County Mosquito Control District
32. City of Holmes Beach

Section 5 – International Wealth Transfer

33. Wealth Creation
34. Why America Can Never Manufacture For Export Again
35. Globalization and Free Trade
36. Why the Trade Deficit is So Destructive
37. Was America Built on a House of Cards?

Part III – Governance

38. States’ Rights
39. The Administrative Dictatorship
40. Laws, Rules and Regulations
41. Politicians, Bureaucrats and Budgets
42. Government Bureaucracy – Number of Employees
43. Politics and Politicians
44. Buying the Votes
45. The Party System
46. The Ruling Class
47. Propaganda / Changing America
48. Spin
49. Obama and Blitzkrieg
50. Intellectuals
51. The Fractured Legal System

Part IV – Our Culture and Society

52. Immigration / The Changing of America
53. Crime
54. Big Brother
55. Your Reality and Today’s Society

Part V – Conclusion

56. The Future
57. For Believers

Bibliography
Chapter Notes
Index