Dishonest Money: Financing the Road to Ruin [Paperback]

Joseph Plummer (Author)

Book Description

Release date: December 19, 2008

Updated in 2011 (3rd Edition - 175 pages)
If you want to understand how the so-called "Federal Reserve System" operates (how it drives prices up, creates booms and busts, transfers wealth and power from the average working citizen to the elite who pull the strings) set aside half a day and read Dishonest Money: Financing the Road to Ruin.

Here are some of the topics covered in this book. Each topic is explained in simple / common language:

• The Federal Reserve System, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank; who created them and who benefits?

• Inflation, deflation, booms, busts, BAILOUTS, depressions and recessions; what are they, what causes them and who benefits?

• Honest money VS dishonest money: how are they different and who benefits?

By the end of this short book, the reader will be familiar with these terms, will know "who benefits" and (more importantly) will know who ultimately pays the price...

Editorial Reviews

Review

"An excellent job of condensing a large and complicated topic."
-G. Edward Griffin, author of The Creature from Jekyll Island

"A great book on the private Federal Reserve...you can't put it down."
-Alex Jones, InfoWars.com

"A well-researched, well-written, user-friendly guidebook to how billions of people are being exploited and what we need to do about it. This is a major contribution to what is needed, highly recommended.
-Foster Gamble, creator of THRIVE

"Understanding the Federal Reserve System has never been easier. A must read!
-George Shepherd, Republic Magazine

“If someone is new to the subject and wants to get up to speed quickly on the Federal Reserve, Joe Plummer’s book is a great place to start, because he’s made the complicated both clear and concise.”
-Jim Babka, President of Downsize DC

"This could be the most important book you read in your lifetime! Succinct and illuminating, after reading this, you will possess the knowledge of history's greatest scam. Read this book. Get your family to read this book. I can't over emphasize this book's import."
-Mark Edge, host of Free Talk Live

About the Author

Joe Plummer is an entrepreneur and writer. In 1998 he published StopDrinking.com (now located at HowToStopDrinking.org) to counter the commonly accepted "disease theory" of alcohol and drug addiction. In 2003, he sold his successful consumer watchdog website (fairbet.org) and began focusing full time on corruption in government. In 2004 he published StopTheLie.com to help expose government abuse and propaganda and in 2009, after 6 years of research, he published Dishonest Money: Financing the Road to Ruin. His most recent book, "Leaving The Illusion" was published in April of 2012.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (December 19, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1439214115
• ISBN-13: 978-1439214114
• Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 5.9 x 8.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #529,852 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joe Plummer is a civic-minded writer and entrepreneur who has written on topics ranging from alcohol and drug addiction (HowToStopDrinking.org) to achieving personal and financial success (The 1-Hour Guide to Successful Thinking); from government criminality and fraud (StopTheLie.com) to the debt-based Federal Reserve System (Dishonest Money: Financing the Road to Ruin.) He is currently writing a condensed version of Carroll Quigley's Tragedy and Hope (TragedyAndHope.INFO) to be followed by part two of his 2012 novel: Leaving the Illusion.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Everything you need to know about the Fed in under 200 pages February 6, 2009

By Evander M.

Format:Paperback

With Dishonest Money, Joe Plummer has condensed the seemingly long and complex problems of the Federal Reserve into an interesting, easy to understand, and compact book that can be read in just a few hours.
Do you think the financial crisis of September '08 was the first time there were calls for major bailouts? Learn about propping up the Savings and Loan crisis in the 1980's which led to disaster down the road. Think the big, bad CEO's of the private financial sector like Bernie Madoff are the only ones out there cooking the books? Learn about the despicable accounting tactics used by the US government when bailing out Mexico. Think a lack of financial regulation is what caused the financial crisis of '08? Learn how banks, S&L's, and other regulated industries make large campaign contributions and effectively write the regulatory laws. Talk about the foxes guarding the henhouse... Most importantly, learn how whenever the Fed takes actions 'for the good of the public', it's never the taxpayer that benefits, but rather the giants of the financial industry who no doubt have ties to the Fed and its policies.
If you're new and/or skeptical to the problems of the Federal Reserve, Dishonest Money at the very least will make you question whether or not the existence of the Fed is beneficial to you and our economy. Maybe then you'll be warmed up and ready to take on G. Edward Griffin's extensively researched and well cited masterpiece - The Creature from Jekyll Island.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars school is in session February 4, 2009

By Perry W. Clark

Format:Paperback

"The who what when where why of the Federal Reserve Bank may be a hot topic today, but to many of us this is not a new topic. Many of us out here know that the system of money that we trust in this country has been crooked since the day it was introduced. We all want to believe that everything is nice and honest with flowers and candy for everyone, but the truth just happens to be that it is not. This can be a complicated subject. Joseph Plummer's book has to be the easiest read on this topic that you can find today. This book is the perfect place to begin if you are someone who still really thinks that The Federal Reserve Bank is "Federal" or that it has any monetary "Reserves"... If you are a bank employee you definitely should read this book. If you read this book and don't agree with its contents, then you need to study further and try to prove it wrong. It can't be done."

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh you poor dumb fool. You still don't get it September 6, 2011

By William T. Dietrich

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is the best book I have read, and I have read many, that shows how the Central Bankers control who ever is in the White House and many of our Congressmen and Senators. The Central Bankers make Trillions of dollars in profits through the Interest on Debt Money, the Income Tax (used to pay interest on the government debt), and the hidden Inflation Tax, which is the most egregious tax of all. Consider what $1 bought you in 1960 would cost you $7.63 today! That's a rate of inflation of 663%.

Central Bankers create "Bubbles" in the financial markets through expansion of the money supply and then burst the Bubbles by decreasing the money supply and crashing the markets. They then buy up real assets, like real estate, office buildings, factories, farms, etc. at 10 cents to 30 cents on the dollar as they did in 1930 and 2009 and many other times in our history. Central Bankers have the real power in the US and other countries that have Central Banks.

Do you think the 700 Billion Wall Street Bank bailout of 2008 was unique? Think again. There was the Penn Central bailout of 1970. Lockheed Corporation bailout of 1970. First Pennsylvania Bank bailout of 1980. Continental Illinois Bank bailout of 1984. The Savings and Loan bailout of 1986-1989. The Mexican bailout of 1995 to name a few. All of these bailouts were paid for by the US taxpayer.

There is an old saying of he who has the gold gets to make the rules others have to play by. Money is the ultimate source of power. For those who don't believe this I'm reminded of what Senator Meachum says to Swagger in the film Shooter (2007). "Oh you poor dumb fool. You still don't get it. There are no Republicans or Democrats. There is no Left or Right. There are only haves and have not's. It's all about the money.... Now which side do you want to be on son? Are you in or out?" That sums it up pretty good.

The Federal Reserve is a dishonest debt system that creates money out of thin air. If every American would read this book, there would be an American Revolution to end the Fed and replace it with an honest money system. Read more ›

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply fantastic and yet sickining April 22, 2009

By Ped Rodriguez

Format:Paperback

What they have done to us has been nothing short then the robing of generations upon generations under the pretext of stability and safety. This usually over complicated system is broken down magnificently and is a must read for EVERY ONE. This book is so relevant to every American and really every citizen of the world that it should be a required text in schools. These mad men will never stop until we bring them to justice, and that will only occur with the gear up of knowledge. Thank you Plummer.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars your money as a thief's tool January 22, 2009

By Boris Epstein

Format:Paperback

"Dishonest Money" is an excellent research item explaining the nature of the monetary system run by a central bank. In it Plummer shows how that bank (the Federal Reserve as it is called in the US today) creates money that is nothing but debt notes. This variety of money (if it can even be called that) is perpetuating theft and social stratification just by virtue of its existence.

The only weaknesses in the book is the somewhat sensationalist introduction and less than stellar formatting that sometimes makes it difficult to determine what source is being quoted (though upon rereading the section in question I was always able to make that determination). Don't let this disourage it - the key here is that, sensationlism aside, the book is based on facts and records that are public knowledge and that are not, to the best of my knowledge, being challenged by anybody at this point in time.