TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kramer,Mattea
ED  - National Priorities Project (U.S.)
TI  - A people's guide to the federal budget
SN  - 9781566568876 (pbk.)
AV  - HJ 2051 P419 2012
U1  - 352.4973 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Northampton, Mass.
PB  - Interlink Books
KW  - Budget
KW  - United States
KW  - Government spending policy
KW  - Budget deficits
KW  - Fiscal policy
KW  - Presupuesto
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Primera Jornada de Catalogacion
KW  - Política de gastos públicos
KW  - Déficit fiscal
KW  - Gastos públicos
KW  - Hacienda pública
KW  - Política económica
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Federal Spending Categories --  Why Should You Care About the Federal Budget? --  The Big Picture. Speak the budget language ; Discretionary and mandatory spending ; Budget authority, obligations, and outlays ; Projected and actual ; Requested and appropriated ; Gross Domestic Product ; A guide to the numbers ; Inflation ; Per capita: scaling by population ; Fiscal and calendar years ; Now you speak the language. --  A Brief History of the Federal Budget. The creation of the Treasury Department ; The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 ; FDR and WWII ; Johnson and the Great Society ; Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. --  Who Decides the Federal Budget? An evolving process ; Before the budget ; How does the Federal Government create a budget? Step 1: The President submits a budget request ; Step 2: The House and Senate pass budget resolutions ; Step 3: House and Senate subcommittees "markup" appropriation bills ; Step 4: The House and Senate vote on appropriations bills and reconcile differences ; Step 5: The President signs each appropriations bill and the budget becomes law ; It's even messier than it sounds ; Political ideology and budget priorities ; Economic theory and Federal budget priorities ; Campaign money ; Lobbying ; All politics is local. --  Where Does the Money Come From? Income taxes ; Corporate taxes ; History of Federal Fund revenues ; Payroll taxes ; Borrowing. --  Where Does the Money Go? Mandatory and discretionary spending ; Tracking your income tax dollar ; Are Federal funds the same as discretionary spending? ; History of Federal spending. --  The Federal Debt. Why do we borrow? ; How does the Federal Government borrow? ; History of Federal deficits ; History of the Federal debt ; Who lends money to the Federal Government? ; Debt held by the public ; Debt held by Federal accounts ; The debt ceiling ; Limiting or eliminating Federal deficits. --  The President's 2013 Budget Request. A couple bumpy years for the Federal budget ; What is the President's budget request? ; The new budget ; Discretionary spending declines, mandatory grows as shares of the budget ; Where the money comes from in 2013 ; It's the economy ; The deficit ; Health care spending continues to grow ; Military spending in 2013 and beyond ; Funding education. --  Take Action. Know who represents you ; Register to vote ; Stay informed ; Contact your representatives ; Phone calls ; Writing a letter or e-mail ; Social media ; Meeting with your representative ; Other important ways to stay politically active --  For Educators. A letter to educators ; Two sample activators for high school learners ; Two sample chapter activities. --  Federal Spending in the States. Children's Health Insurance Program ; Community Development Block Grant ; Head Start ; Low Income Energy Assistance Program ; Medicaid ; National School Lunch Program ; Section 8 ; Temporary assistance for needy families ; WIC. --
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