Broke by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe

Broke The Plan to Restore Our Trust, Truth, and Treasure If You Pretend It Ain't Broke, You Don't Have to Fix It... written and edited by Glenn Beck Host of the National Television and Radio Shows and Kevin Balfe Illustrations by Paul E. Nunn Contributors: Peter Schweizer Tyler Grimm Colin Balfe and Gary Brozek In the words of Harvard historian Niall Ferguson, the United States is “an empire on the edge of chaos.” Why? Glenn Beck thinks the answer is pretty simple: Because we’ve turned our backs on the Constitution. Yes, our country is financially broke, but that’s just a side effect of our broken spirit, our broken faith in government, the broken promises by our leaders, and a broken political system that has centralized power at the expense of individual rights. There is a lot of work ahead, but we can’t move forward until we first understand how we got here. Starting with the American Revolution, Glenn takes readers on an express train through 234 years of history, culminating with the Great Recession and the bipartisan recklessness of Presidents Bush and Obama. It’s the history lesson we all wished we’d had in school. (Did you know, for example, that FDR once made a key New Deal policy decision based on his lucky number?) Politics Political History Historical Funny Comedy Humorous Satire BKNK