The people's money
Subtitle: how voters would balance the budget and eliminate the federal debt
By: Scott Rasmussen
Edition: 1st hbk. ed.
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781451666106; 9781451666113; 9781451666120
Subjects: Bailouts (Government policy); Government spending policy; Budget deficits; Public Debts
Description: Draws on historical events, budgetary documents, and public opinion data to reveal that voters are more willing to take action to reduce federal spending, explaining how voter-supported proposals could solve the nation's financial problems.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: what the bailouts unleashed; title: The political class; title: What the political class thinks voters think; title: How the political class deceives; title: How voters would spend the people's money; title: How voters would fix defense; title: How voters would fix social security; title: How voters would fix medicare and health care; title: How voters would fix the tax system; title: How voters would be generous; title: How voters would save the people's money; title: Ending corporate welfare; title: Giving the people a return on investments; title: Tightening the belt of the beltway; title: Adding it all up; title: Conclusion: the end the political class.