Surviving the Second Great Depression: How to Take Advantage of the Government That Is Trying to Take Advantage of You [Paperback]

JSB Morse (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 3, 2009 | ISBN-10: 1600200451 | ISBN-13: 978-1600200458

Double-digit unemployment. Housing prices plummeting. One of the largest stock market crashes in history. There's no doubt that we're in a serious economic crisis, perhaps even the Second Great Depression. Many in the federal government want you to be afraid of economic collapse so that they can take advantage of American workers with more taxes, more debt, and earmarks coming out of their ears. What's worse, Congress is pushing government solutions to problems that government actually created-a vicious cycle that needs to end. Until we can return to a fiscally sound government, there's only one thing we can do with this economic situation: capitalize on it. You can do so by taking advantage of low interest rates, government stimulus programs, and inflation of the U.S. Dollar. You can also obtain government grants, take unemployment money, and start a business to reduce your tax obligations. And if all else fails, you can take your business offshore. This book will show you how to do all of that and more in easy step-by-step techniques. Stop being afraid of another economic depression and start taking advantage of the government that is trying to take advantage of you!

Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: CoDe Publishing (March 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600200451
• ISBN-13: 978-1600200458
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #807,134 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #41 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Political Science > Government

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid, May 14, 2009

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Ronnie Samuelson "Most D" (Indy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surviving the Second Great Depression: How to Take Advantage of the Government That Is Trying to Take Advantage of You (Paperback)

3-stars for length (it is only 6 bucks after all), but 5-stars for the concept, the writing and the techniques. I've taken a couple of the suggestions and started investing in TIPS and gold. I'm not ready to get laid off to get unemployment (pretty funny section though), but I'm looking in to starting a 5013c to get a grant to do what I want. Brilliant. It's our money, why shouldn't we be taking advantage of it?!

42 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This rocks, May 1, 2009

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F. Harrison - See all my reviews

This review is from: Surviving the Second Great Depression: How to Take Advantage of the Government That Is Trying to Take Advantage of You (Paperback)

THe history will make you mad and the techniques will give you something to do about it. Government's encroaching on our liberties but you CAN do something about it- get this book- you won't be sorry!

Here are the chapter headings for the book to give you an idea of what to expect:

Fight the Fed's Whoopee Cushion
Refinance Or Don't
Downsize Your Life
Invest in Your Future (Investment techniques to fight inflation)
Grab a Grant
Capitalize on Unemployment Insurance (That's Why We Have It!)
Avoid It Like the Plague (It being taxes)
Itemize
Start a Business
Move to Greener Pastures
Take it Off Shore
Find a Lasting Solution


-Fin

35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good synopsis, clever ways to capitalize on the current system, March 28, 2009

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Sandy Winnich "Certified Financial Planner" (Arlington, TEXAS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surviving the Second Great Depression: How to Take Advantage of the Government That Is Trying to Take Advantage of You (Paperback)

"Surviving" is along the lines of a number of books recently released (Meltdown, Gimme My Money Back, Liberty and Tyranny) that give an explanation of how the US got into this current financial "crisis". Morse does put a unique twist with a history going back to the late 1800s showing that we had economic depressions since banks started dominating finance. But government didn't have to put up massive bailouts or stimulus plans back then and we still got out of the mess. Now, however, we have all these government inventions (like the Fed and income tax) to prevent economic depressions and it looks like not only did the government prevent downturns, it made them worse!

After the history, Morse goes into ways to capitalize on the current system- including taking advantage of stimulus, getting grants, going on unemployment, and taking your business offshore if all else fails. This is a clever book and one that you should get soon before the recovery is in your rear view mirror!