Other People's Money.The difference between Charity and Theft. The difference between noble and nefarious.Have you noticed that people who are most generous with your money are most stingy with their own? Socialists hate private charity, because they want to spend your money on what they want, not on what you want. Voluntary programs are less subject to abuse because the donor can refuse to give. "Entitlements" are a license to demand and to steal. Socialism produces a nation of leeches "entitled" to use the force of government to help themselves to "free" food, housing, and medical care at your expense. Why work? A light-hearted entertaining look at the origins of the current financial crisis. Includes a basic review of politically correct terminology, an allegorical review of how the American banking system works, a collection of politically correct bumper sticker slogans, a review of American financial history, and numerous quotations from our esteemed leaders. If you think Socialism is great stuff and you do not have a robust sense of humor, This probably isn't for you. But if you are one of the vast number of Americans who prefer freedom and want to spend your own money, you'll like this book.
About the Author: Charles W. Holmes is retired as Professor of Economics at Bainbridge College, a unit of the University System of Georgia. He is also a former Air Force pilot with over 7,000 flying hours and 236 combat missions over Vietnam. He completed his baccalaureate degree while in the Air Force and entered graduate school at Florida State University immediately after retirement. He received his masters degree in 1975, was awarded a teaching fellowship and completed his Ph.D. in 1976. He then worked as an analyst for the BDM Corp. in Washington, D.C. for four years. Work at BDM involved interaction with bureaucrats of the federal government, primarily those of the Department of Defense. He sought to return to academe and became Director of the Aviation Research Center and Assistant Professor of Economics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University of Daytona Beach, Florida. As government and Federal Aviation Administration sponsorship of contractual services declined during the recession of the early 1980s, he accepted an appointment to Bainbridge College, where he taught economics and statistics. He retired as full professor in the year 2000 after fulfilling his desire to work into the new century. Chuck is author of several academic and technical works pertaining to education and economics, including economic impact studies and Social Security viability, which are rather esoteric in nature and of little interest to the general public. He was a major investigator and primary author of a study of pilot judgment and has reviewed books for the Southern Political Science Journal.