Broke: The Plan to Restore Our Trust, Truth and Treasure

I really loved how in the beginning of the book Beck talks about the Romans and there government. How the policies of finance lead to fall of a great empire. Then to detail the fiscal policy, in short, of each president from the first to the last; a great relation.

Again, it was the beginning.

Glenn Beck. I love hearing him talk.

This book definitely gave me a better insight to the polices of President and how debt really is crushing America.

This book gives a good over view of the mess we are in now and how be got here.

yes, their voices are not similar

I found it informative. I already knew to cry, I work each day.

This guy does not know economics or the history of economics. He needs to do a lot more studying on the subject before he writes or speaks on the subject.

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"].

There are lots of historical references (I did not verify), but it seems some of the opinions expressed were a bit off the wall and incomplete.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.

the topics that Beck hits upon make you realize how close to the edge we are. enjoyed it, worth a listen.

The book covers a ton of detail, and it explains just how far we have come. The entire system is unbelievably broken and is not what it is advertised or designed to be by our founding fathers. Very educational with great history lessons which are then brought forward to show their relevance and application today. Read it or continue to be quietly led to bankruptcy by our progressive system.

Oops we already tried that.
Great history and great recommendations about what to do from here.
This is a very worthwhile read/listen. Given our political landscape and the calibre of our politicians and electorate I believe we have ten to twenty years before our currency collapses and/or we default. Our nation is on an unstoppable downward spiral. Nice job on the book though.

I loved this book. It really spelled it all out and did it in very logical arguments. The data is there. I know data can be manipulated to suit one's purposes but it seemed rather thorough. I enjoyed how Mr Beck didn't follow party lines all the time and outlined things that both republican and democrat presidents did wrong in bringing us to the brink of financial collapse. I enjoyed hearing the pep talk about how the federal government should not be telling us much of anything yet we seem to be complacent in letting them take all the power they want. I was also delighted to finally hear someone else bring up the constitutionality of property taxes. If you think about it, you can own your home but because you can never really own the land, you by default don't/can't own your home because it can be taken by the government for failure to pay your property tax. It is a crock. Anyway, I would encourage you to all read this book. It changed my views and opinions and it might open your eyes a little wider and light a small flame under your ???

It was amazing to listen to the book and soak in the comparison of today vs yesterdays. My favorite was the comparison of the richest men in america, In 1916 the total wealth of John Rockefeller could have paid off the Nations Debt. Today the total wealth of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet would only pay the interest on the National debt for 3 months!!!!!! I would ask the glenn Beck Hatters to humor the book. You will be shocked to hear how Glenn truly feels about George Bush JR presidency. To Quote Glenn "Sorry but the Truth Hurts"