nature of crime, eroding the trust of ordinary citizens-as when it becomes necessary to carry weapons for protection, to turn homes into jails with burglar bars, and to cease using personal computers because of scams. Public trust is also being destroyed when politicians and other well-educated crooks commit fraud. Fraud is theft by lies and deception, and is by all measure reprehensible dishonesty, duplicity, imposition, and treachery. It is dangerous when leaders confuse and conflate the truth with lies and deceit, and voters put their faith in leadership, taking their lies at face value. It is time for Americans to wake up and give God a chance to fix our problems. To survive, America must have charity, love, and trust. The choice to survive as a nation under God is at hand, and responsible people from all walks of life must take part in this survival, otherwise we will lose the best country on the earth.