The decay of simple, everyday honesty has achieved such momentum that the fabric of America is being undermined.
The decay of simple, everyday honesty has achieved such momentum that the fabric of America is being undermined.
The scale of the Minneapolis theft is stunning –a minimum of $1 billion stolen and a realistic possibility that the total will be $16 billion or more. It may be large enough to finally break through the news media and political establishment resistance to taking theft of our money seriously.
The Government Accountability Office has estimated that theft of the American people’s money may amount to $4 trillion to $5.2 trillion over the next decade.
This scale of dishonesty threatens the foundation of our free, self-governing society. As we celebrate our 250th anniversary, we must confront the enormous threat that large scale dishonesty poses.


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