02899cam a2200457 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000310009502000280012604000280015404100080018204200080019004300120019805000240021008200110023410000280024524501620027325000190043526400510045430000460050533600260055133700280057733800270060550400510063250510480068352002480173165000340197965000360201365000380204965000340208765000380212165000470215965000530220665100400225965100450229965100440234470000530238819294797BJBSDDR20250226161035.0ta160929s2016 nyua b 000 0 eng  a 2016037687 a9780789212832 (alk. paper) a0789212838 (alk. paper) aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC aeng apcc an-us---14aHJ 8119bA969f 201600a336.731 aAxelrod, Alan, d1952- 10aFull faith and credit :bthe national debt, taxes, spending and the bankrupting of America /cAlan Axelrod ; featuring editorial cartoons by Michael Ramirez. aFirst edition. 1aNew York :bAbbeville Press Publishers,c2016. a496 pages :bcolor illustrations ;c24 cm atextbtxt2rdacontent aunmediatedbn2rdamedia avolumebnc2rdacarrier aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aHow 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 aWhat 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 0aDebts, PubliczUnited States. 4aDeuda públicazEstados Unidos 0aDeudas públicasxEstados Unidos 0aFiscal policyzUnited States. 4aPolítica fiscalzEstados Unidos 0aGovernment spending policyzUnited States. 4aPolítica de gastos públicos zEstados Unidos 0aUnited StatesxEconomic conditions. 4aEstados UnidosxCondiciones económicas 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and government.1 aRamirez, Michael Patrick, d1961- eillustrator