Poorer Richard's America
Subtitle: what would Ben say?
By: Tom Blair
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781616081904
Subjects: Politics and government; Social problems; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Quotations; Political and social views
Description: Tom Blair has written, in the voice of Ben Franklin, an updated-for-today book that draws on the essence of Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack to view America in 2011.
Table of contents: title: National deficit; title: Religions, windows to God; title: Balloons and federal budgets; title: Prejudice; title: The rise and fall of nations; title: Real Americans; title: Democracy; title: A pleasant night's sleep; title: America's greatest generation; title: Republicans and Democrats; title: The moment of conception; title: The rich should pay their fair share; title: Stoplights and Wall Street; title: Hardships and sacrifice; title: Great leaders lead; title: Information caressed is knowledge; title: Federal income taxes; title: Ceasing to live versus dying; title: The written word; title: An ignorant man with no education is to be pitied; title: Marital bliss; title: Unintended consequences, domestic affairs; title: You have a problem; title: Bill of rights; title: Distribute pressure, distribute consequences; title: Unintended consequences, foreign affairs; title: The national debt does not matter; title: International affairs; title: Equal rights legislation; title: Social surplus; title: Health care reform; title: Health care reform, deux; title: Department of defense; title: Law of big numbers; title: Branches of government; title: Love and marriage; title: Children; title: China seeks to sell products to other countries; title: America, you can do it; title: Final thoughts.