03182cam a2200505 i 4500 19294797 BJBSDDR 20250226161035.0 ta 160929s2016 nyua b 000 0 eng 2016037687 9780789212832 (alk. paper) 0789212838 (alk. paper) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc n-us--- HJ 8119 A969f 2016 336.73 Axelrod, Alan, 1952- 30593 Full faith and credit : the national debt, taxes, spending and the bankrupting of America / Alan Axelrod ; featuring editorial cartoons by Michael Ramirez. First edition. New York : Abbeville Press Publishers, 2016. 496 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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 2285 Deudas públicas Estados Unidos 14650 Fiscal policy United States. Política fiscal Estados Unidos 826 Government spending policy United States. Política de gastos públicos Estados Unidos 19630 United States Economic conditions. Estados Unidos Condiciones económicas 1543 United States Politics and government. Ramirez, Michael Patrick, 1961- illustrator 40893 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 45925 45925 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 0 HJ 8119 A969f 2016 00000122144 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 BK