What is the biggest scam of the last hundred years?

johnny4nuthin: What is the biggest scam of the last hundred years?
There have been many great scams and hoaxes in the last 100 years. Some perpetrated by governments, some by religions, some by the media. What is the biggest scam of all, and why?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Dats
the english government lol

Answer by Bling
The Iraq War

Answer by icaruscatfish
A major increase in taxation by governments all around the world.

Answer by Pedro I. Wong
Bush ’04

Answer by Miss_Suzy
Obama his only agenda is black power

Answer by “Number 4”
Its a little older than 100 years, but I have always been impressed with something called “The Great Diamond Fraud”. It was a huge scale scam put on by just 2 guys. Brilliant.

Answer by Peter
Global warming.

Answer by mike ingham
Brainwashing the real British into “multiculturalism” using the British TV media, that is mainly the BBC but all TV media must have had government er ” recommendations” to over expose “foreign ethnic participants” in news , children’s programmes and all TV including educational programmes.

Just look at BBC Parliament TV , the ethnic MP element is about a fair reflection of the country, then turn to BBC 1 or BBC2 and suddenly the situation changes.

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BBC news reporter wanted, foreign ethnicity an advantage.

Answer by bobgeller
Socialism. That what I earn belongs to THE PEOPLE instead of to me!

Socialism is the ism dismalist of all!

Answer by conservation chris
The Labour Party, they have dragged Britain down to the level where we are the laughing stock of the world and the Universes easiest touch.
May they all rot in the vomit of their own corruption.

Answer by jazz
US.Government Scams their citizens:

Banks (including Credit Card co.)/Lenders, lending to people who aren’t able/willing to pay back there loans = Foreclosure/bankrupcy and the Gov’t bailing them all out!!!!

Each and every tax payer gets to chip in. Smile, because inflation/stagflanation is coming to eat away at your discretionary spending and squeeze us even more. While the Gov’t spends freely, handing out money they don’t have.

Another example: Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund without any financial cap as part of an airline bailout package, and as a fast and, it hoped, less painful alternative to lawsuits. In exchange for giving up their right to sue, which some lawyers argued could be a draining and risky option, relatives of dead victims were told that the average payment would be about $ 1.5 million, tax free, after deductions for life insurance and other possible benefits.

Don’t get me wrong, I feel for the victims. But why is our Gov’t an insurer?

Who was it, after September 11 (911) that wanted their citizens to be patriotic and live life as it was before? Reduced interest rates to bear minimum and more concerned about GDP than the war against terrorism.

This NATION needs to understand that it’s not over. You could turn a blind eye and hope for the best. If we want to stay No. 1, we need to strive to be No. 1. All our efforts are self centered and the general public is interested in what happens to their household than what the Gov’t is doing. Wake up and be apart of this NATION!!! WE THE PEOPLE!!! IN GOD WE TRUST!!

Answer by smartypants
Communism

Answer by shamgar
Global warming, it was proven by Nasa that the cause of global warming is the sun getting hotter, not carbon emissions. nasa showed all the planets getting warmer. this scam was hoaxed as a means to initiate a carbon tax upon the cirizens and put 44 billion dollars in the hands of the united nations.