It is easy to lie, and you will be successful the first few times. Once discovered you will never be trusted in whole again.

Statements that cannot be substantiated may as well be lies, as if they are not credible on their own, they might well be fabricated.

Discount chains are in the news. The public is screwed again. Walmart, target and some others are not really discount chains. A discounted merchandised item is one that "sells" normally for lets say $100 and is deep discounted at $60. But if the item "never" sold at $100, is the discounted price real or contrived. A manufacturers list price on an item is most time an overinflated price that no-one sells at.

The safety lie

Thought about our terror problems:We are vulnerable, extremely so. A single gunman walked into a police station with a handgun. This caused evacuation, confusion and action of at least 100 people, the press, traffic and money. Thats just one idiot with a personal problem and no agenda.Now, take an extremist or soeone with a plan and a purpose and a death wish. Multiply that times 100, in 100 cities, acting all at once.Add, one plane, one subway, a few selective accidents blocking highways with a tractor, or trailer, or farm truck. Complicate that with a blackout because of a hacked computer or something as stupid as a blown tower known as a main thoroughfare in the grid.There are tv shows exploiting our vulnerabilities, Threat Matrix, Navy CSI, movies that foretll of terrorist dirty bombs.

Some people may say that films are make believe and no one in their right mind would do what is conceived in the film.
The key word is "right mind". What the mind can conceive someone will believe!