Casino Economics

The US government and media is trying to convince Americans to give up their security in exchange for making the bankers richer.

It would be a hard sell, but they've been working on it since the Evil Reagan, telling people that Social Security is "bankrupt", but the rest of the system is working perfectly, so cut off Granny without remorse.

Correction:  I said that the interest on the debt is $800 billion, but now it's over a trillion.  Either way, it's still kept on the down low to citizens.