If you made it this far it means you have strength of character, or you just like pain

When I came up with the title for this book, I thought it was quite appropriate. It seemed to fit the subject perfectly. The history of a country, organization, corporation, or even a private individual, is usually full of all kinds of roadblocks and rough patches. The economy of the United States and its study certainly fits the bill.

When I started writing this book I did so with the caveat that I was not a professional economist. I also said that I was going to draw liberally from. The works of other individuals, including historians and economists. When I write a book on a particular subject or an interest of mine, I do so with the intent of covering it as thoroughly as possible. When I wrote my work on photography, it took four volumes to cover the subject. It took two volumes when I wrote about saving Our World. When I am finished covering these topics or subjects you can rest assured that I have certainly given it my due diligence.

After finishing the last chapter of this work, I feel like that I didn’t explain my choice for the title well enough. So I want to wrap things up by addressing this shortcomings. It cannot be denied that our country has accomplished more in its short history than just about any other country, past or present. Our choice of governance, in that of a Constitutional Republic and our choice of capitalism as our economic engine, certainly have loaded a major role in our meteoric rise to greatness.

When I look back at our history, it is with a sense of pride for our accomplishments. However, we have done many terrible things. Countless people, including whole races have been hurt along the way. There is a saying that “to err is to human.” I think the actions taken by the power elite goes far beyond this saying.

You don’t have to be a professor or a scholar working on a thesis or a dissertation to find examples of people or corporations operating in the gray areas of the law. We have many examples of Robber Barons who destroyed lives and businesses to increase their wealth. Many of whom later in life turned to philanthropy to assuage their guilty consciences. Many tried to do good, one in particular even used philanthropy to further his nefarious goals, and that was John D. Rockefeller. His modern-day equivalent is Bill Gates. Henry Ford was another devil incarnate. He was a rabid antisemite.

If you want to find a political example for outright corruption, all you have to do is look up Tammany Hall, or individuals such as Woodrow Wilson, or Franklin Delano Roosevelt to name a few. I mentioned the loaning practices of the Federal Reserve already. As an example of unethical practices. More modern-day examples are Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac and President Bill Clinton. Thousands of families lost their homes because of shady and unethical loan practices.

Slavery is not limited to enslaving dark-skinned races, more whites have been enslaved throughout the history of the world. I want to state that there is no country in the world, that hasn’t treated its citizens in abhorrent ways. I am adding this caveat because I don’t want the reader to think that I am singling out the United States for having a lax moral compass.

Home Sapiens are a unique species, in that they are capable of doing great things and are capable of doing even greater evil, all in the name of progress. Many actions have been taken to improve our lives only to later become corrupted. Workers’ Unions are one such creation. They were created to improve the awful working conditions created by the turn-of-the-century industrialists only to be taken over by mobsters.

Our founding fathers pushed for freedom of speech and freedom of the press, because they knew that politics needed some form of oversight. Unfortunately, the press has become a

tool of the power elite, and the people have become brainwashed by a constant barrage of hate speech and propaganda.

So as you can see not only our country but its very economy falls under the descriptive title The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.