I don't think that any apologies are necessary, you are hardly the first frustrated person to go to this idea. You unfortunately became the person whose post I chose to answer this urban myth on, that I hear every week. Don't take it personally. And our government, big business interests, and others in power have lied to us in documented ways plenty in the past. It is just that this would require such a large collaboration to hide, that unlike those crooks at Enron, it could not feasibly be done.

We all want someone to blame for the injustices that the world throws at us. It is completely understandable, but not particularly a good thing to propagate and provide a vehicle to continue.