Full faith and credit : the national debt, taxes, spending and the bankrupting of America /
Axelrod, Alan, 1952-
Full faith and credit : the national debt, taxes, spending and the bankrupting of America / Alan Axelrod ; featuring editorial cartoons by Michael Ramirez. - First edition. - 496 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How we got here : the unintended consequences of elected government. George Washington to Theodore Roosevelt ; Woodrow Wilson to Franklin Delano Roosevelt ; Harry S. Truman to Ronald Reagan ; George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama
The tyranny of good intentions : spending out of control. In government we trust ; The unintended consequences of unelected government ; Our climate of moral hazard from New Deal to raw deal
Spending too much for the common defense : trapped in the puzzle palace. Ike's first draft ; The Pentagon and Pork Chop Hill
Spending too much and the civilian pork barrel : one man's waste is another man's dinner. From the bottom of the barrel : grinding the political pork sausage ;Let them eat pork : how Congress buys votes
What taxes cost us : tax plans and policy choices. Abandon all hope? ; When subsidies and preferences pass for taxes ; Solutions : asking the right questions. How much longer do we have to perch on this painful tipping point? ; Stay curious, get skeptical : resources, references, and policy choices
What is the national debt? Who loses from it? Who profits from it? Why is it a greater threat to America than international terrorism? In direct, non-partisan language, this book follows the money and finds the answers.--Provided by Amazon.com
9780789212832 (alk. paper) 0789212838 (alk. paper)
2016037687
Debts, Public--United States.
Deuda pública--Estados Unidos
Deudas públicas--Estados Unidos
Fiscal policy--United States.
Política fiscal--Estados Unidos
Government spending policy--United States.
Política de gastos públicos --Estados Unidos
United States--Economic conditions.
Estados Unidos--Condiciones económicas
United States--Politics and government.
HJ 8119 / A969f 2016
336.73
Full faith and credit : the national debt, taxes, spending and the bankrupting of America / Alan Axelrod ; featuring editorial cartoons by Michael Ramirez. - First edition. - 496 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How we got here : the unintended consequences of elected government. George Washington to Theodore Roosevelt ; Woodrow Wilson to Franklin Delano Roosevelt ; Harry S. Truman to Ronald Reagan ; George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama
The tyranny of good intentions : spending out of control. In government we trust ; The unintended consequences of unelected government ; Our climate of moral hazard from New Deal to raw deal
Spending too much for the common defense : trapped in the puzzle palace. Ike's first draft ; The Pentagon and Pork Chop Hill
Spending too much and the civilian pork barrel : one man's waste is another man's dinner. From the bottom of the barrel : grinding the political pork sausage ;Let them eat pork : how Congress buys votes
What taxes cost us : tax plans and policy choices. Abandon all hope? ; When subsidies and preferences pass for taxes ; Solutions : asking the right questions. How much longer do we have to perch on this painful tipping point? ; Stay curious, get skeptical : resources, references, and policy choices
What is the national debt? Who loses from it? Who profits from it? Why is it a greater threat to America than international terrorism? In direct, non-partisan language, this book follows the money and finds the answers.--Provided by Amazon.com
9780789212832 (alk. paper) 0789212838 (alk. paper)
2016037687
Debts, Public--United States.
Deuda pública--Estados Unidos
Deudas públicas--Estados Unidos
Fiscal policy--United States.
Política fiscal--Estados Unidos
Government spending policy--United States.
Política de gastos públicos --Estados Unidos
United States--Economic conditions.
Estados Unidos--Condiciones económicas
United States--Politics and government.
HJ 8119 / A969f 2016
336.73