TY - BOOK AU - Axelrod,Alan AU - Ramirez,Michael Patrick TI - Full faith and credit: the national debt, taxes, spending and the bankrupting of America SN - 9780789212832 (alk. paper) AV - HJ 8119 A969f 2016 U1 - 336.73 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Abbeville Press Publishers KW - Debts, Public KW - United States KW - Deuda pública KW - Estados Unidos KW - Deudas públicas KW - Fiscal policy KW - Política fiscal KW - Government spending policy KW - Política de gastos públicos KW - Economic conditions KW - Condiciones económicas KW - Politics and government N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -