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Here's a "Free" sample for the Kindle (it's just the intro & first chapter):
America, Welcome to the Poorhouse (Intro & Chapter 1): Why You Can't Retire from a 401(k) Plan: You Won't Have Ten Times Your Salary in Your Account at Age 65
http://www.amazon.com/America-Welcom...124768&sr=1-55
Product Description
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Read the following excerpt from America, Welcome to the Poorhouse, Introduction.
The nationally broadcast debate in 1980 between President Jimmy Carter and would-be President Ronald Reagan was summed up in 10 short words: -Are you better off than you were four years ago?-
For Carter, the situation was dire. Iranian radicals had held 52 American hostages for nearly a year. The economy had nose-dived while inflation skyrocketed. Nothing Carter said could counter Reagan-s rhetorical question. It was Reagan-s debate and a week later it was Reagan-s election.
Today if you ask yourself, -Am I better off than I was growing up?- the answer may very well be no. This time it-s not a war or hyperinflation that-s threatening America (although we-re still paying through the nose for gasoline prices), but financial stress.
Despite the fact that many Americans may appear to be wealthy, too many have been -living on leverage--over their heads in debt-unless they-ve got -chief- and -officer- in their job titles because most of what they own is paid for with borrowed money-whether it-s credit card debt or home equity loans-not with rising wages. While in 1980 the average CEO wage was 42 times that of the average worker, in 2008 it was 208 times, averaging $7.7 million. At the same time, the average weekly earnings for Americans has actually decreased in the past 30 years, from more than $325 in the early 1970s to about $280 in 2005 (in 1982 dollars).
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ETA: As long as I'm logged in I might as well mention this one (and, yep, I bought it):
Shameless Shorts (an Exciting Collection of Short Stories by a Shameless Group of Independently Published Authors)
by "Eighteen well known authors"
http://www.amazon.com/Shameless-Shor...4124403&sr=1-1
$0.99
No product description is available yet, but here is a 'Customer Review' posted by an amazon customer, & I think it sums it up pretty well:
"A terrific set of stories, created by a wonderfully talented group of individuals, working together exclusively on-line to publish this book.
Started by Dennis Batchelder, held together by Ellen George, managed through the difficult implementation stages by David Blankinship, and finally released by Don Fowler, this collaborative effort is unlike any I've witnessed. The resulting product is a remarkable anthology from a writing team, most of whom to this day, have never personally met!!
It's been a sincere privilege watching this artful creation come to life."