three card monte
i am collecting references to shell game, confidence games etc. more common than you think!
The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Deficits and Deceit: "To put Mr. Greenspan's game of fiscal three-card monte in perspective, remember that the push for Social Security privatization is only part of the right's strategy for dismantling the New Deal and the Great Society. The other big piece of that strategy is the use of tax cuts to 'starve the beast.' "