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
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.