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Broke

By: Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe
Narrated by: Glenn Beck, Brian Sack
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The facts.

The future.

The fight to fix America - before it's too late.

In the words of Harvard economist 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?)

Along the way, you’ll see how everything you thought you knew about the political parties is a lie, how Democrats and Republicans alike used to fight for minimum government and maximum freedom, and how both parties have been taken over by a cancer called ��progressivism.” By the end, you’ll understand why no president, no congress and no court can fix this problem alone.

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It's Okay

There are lots of historical references (I did not verify), but it seems some of the opinions expressed were a bit off the wall and incomplete. Being fiscally conservative and anti-big government, the book is a good read (listen) but doesn't ring well with the conclusions. Question government motivations and question the thought processes and conclusions of this book.

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Focused and Fair

This book spends more time sharing facts and understanding so that you can make your own conclusions. Very well written and backed by data. I was thinking this was more of an opnion book, but it is non-partisan and fact based. The audible version is a great companion for the actual book, and allows you to study the data as well as understanding the message.

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The hard truth

No one likes to hear the truth, especially from a polarizing figure like Glenn Beck, but here it is! The narration of this book is great. The facts presented are thought provoking and the conclusions and Mr Beck's ideas are sane and rational. But, we live in an insane, irrational world so good luck.

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Good information, but felt rushed.

It seems like Glenn Beck is just writing books for the sake of it. This book is about a subject dear to my heart; fiscal responsibility of government! However, he cites a lot of good information, but he fails to follow through with practical incite, valuable analogies or metaphors and frankly he rambles from subject to subject and back again. This book is good enough to listen too and I am not sorry that I did, but if you have never listened to Glenn Beck before, don't start by reading/listening to this book. Frankly, I feel that he is starting to drift from reality as presented on his commentary program on FOX News and this book is his first book that is starting to reflect this. Glenn ... reel it in.

Also, I like it when he reads his own books. He has a great voice [he is a radio announcer after all] and he has so little time that most of this book is read by Brian Sack [whose name should be listed first in "Narrated by"].

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If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It . . .

. ., . But so much is broken in our country, particularly with regards to the massive debt we have, which we may never be able to pay off.

Glenn helps us see what the problems are, and offers ways to fix them. If we could follow this advice, there might be hope for fixing the financial problems of our country.

I haven't loved everything Glenn has written, but I think this book is a must read, and a must do! There is little hope if we don't put some of these principles to work.

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always a good narrator

Glenn Beck is always a good narrator. although I don't always agree with him, I always enjoy listening to his perspectives.

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Everyone should read this book

Glen Beck is very informative, clear and issues our country a challenge to fix what has somehow went off our rightful path. Simply put and easy to understand. Though the truth isn't always pleasant to hear, it does open one's eyes to possibilities. Thank you

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