02758cam a2200313 4500 157366588 TxAuBib 20090101120000.0 080509s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008020838 9780061547751 0061547751 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA BAKER YDXCP DOV BIB WIQ JQF BUR CDX LMR IXA OCLCQ VP@ DLC TxAuBib Morris, Dick. Fleeced : how Barack Obama, media mockery of terrorist threats, liberals who want to kill talk radio, the do-nothing Congress, companies that help Iran, and Washington lobbyists for foreign governments are scamming us-- and what to do about it / Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. 1st ed. New York, NY : Harper, 2008. x, 337 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. President Obama : what would he do? -- How the liberal media downplay terrorism -- The liberals' secret plan to muzzle talk radio -- The do-nothing Congress is still doing nothing! : House Democrats scale back the congressional workweek--it's too burdensome! -- Foreign companies and American pension funds that help Iran build the bomb -- The new lobbyists : peddling the agendas of foreign governments, oppressive dictators, and foreign corporations to the U.S. government and the American public -- The Dubai-ing of America -- The plastic fleece : credit card company abuse -- Teachers are leaving the profession--too much stress, too little pay -- Released from Guantánamo, they kill again -- How hedge fund billionaires live off tax breaks -- How the teachers' union rips off its members -- Re-building luxury second homes in flood areas again and again--at our expense -- The subprime loan crisis : why the greedy are going free -- How Halliburton rips off the Pentagon : while some fight for freedom, others use war to get rich -- Blocking toys that poison children from being sold in America--and being made in China -- How the company Bill Clinton works for fleeces the vulnerable elderly -- From movie lights to lighting up : how films induce teens to smoke. 20090101. Political corruption United States. Corporations Corrupt practices United States. United States Politics and government 2001-2009. McGann, Eileen. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0818/2008020838.html Table of contents only https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008020838-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008020838-d.html Publisher description