RESTORE TRUST is an invitation to take a fresh look at the current socio-economic reality in this country. Neff discusses economic solutions to dysfunctional politics and offers a conclusive call to action to restore trust and defend the needs and core values of the American people.

Neff offers opportunities and solutions to create a shift to strengthen our democracy. Poverty is a structural problem created by economic thinking errors and institutional poverty traps, revealed, and discussed in detail in this book. Neff argues that America is a welfare state.

Democratic principles are distorted. The current political system allows the wealthy and large corporations to covertly influence legislation and bend economic laws in their favor.

Economic thinking errors are the source of our entitlement society.

The working poor are a social problem created by politics. The low minimum wage does not support a most basic lifestyle and as a result, food stamps, free medical services and other social programs become necessary to cover the gap. Half of the Federal budget supports the poor and the elderly across the country. Americans, mostly the middle class, subsidize this insufficient minimum wage with their taxes and unknowingly and indirectly support the bottom line of companies that underpay their employees.