The federal budget deficit /
The federal budget deficit /
Susan Hunnicutt, book editor.
- Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010.
- 103 p. ; 24 cm.
- At issue. Economy .
- At issue. Economy. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-97) and index.
United States is addicted to deficit spending / Iraq War and the tax cuts created the federal budget deficit / Federal budget deficit is the result of unruly entitlement spending / Deficits do not matter / Democrats and Republicans often change their opinions on deficits / Liberals should care about reducing the budget deficit / Conservatives are using the deficit to attack Medicare and Social Security / Massive budget deficits will burden our children with debt / Focus on the deficit distracts attention from real economic problems / Carefully planned deficit spending can lead to a stronger economy / stimulus bill will increase the federal deficit yet not fix the economy / Cutting military spending would reduce the federal budget deficit / There is a link between economic decline and diminished military strength / Retirement of baby boomers threatens to create unmanageable deficits / Liz Wolgemuth -- Steven Leser -- Alison Acosta Fraser -- Joe Conason -- Veronique de Rugy -- Andrew L. Yarrow -- Robert Kuttner -- Mike Crapo -- Dean Baker -- Robert H. Frank -- Chuck E. Grassley -- Barney Frank -- Loren Thompson -- Peter J. Nelson.
9780737746853 (hardcover) 0737746858 (hardcover) 9780737746860 (pbk.) 0737746866 (pbk.)
2009041737
Budget deficits--United States.
Government spending policy--United States.
HJ2051 / .F389 2010
339.5/230973
Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-97) and index.
United States is addicted to deficit spending / Iraq War and the tax cuts created the federal budget deficit / Federal budget deficit is the result of unruly entitlement spending / Deficits do not matter / Democrats and Republicans often change their opinions on deficits / Liberals should care about reducing the budget deficit / Conservatives are using the deficit to attack Medicare and Social Security / Massive budget deficits will burden our children with debt / Focus on the deficit distracts attention from real economic problems / Carefully planned deficit spending can lead to a stronger economy / stimulus bill will increase the federal deficit yet not fix the economy / Cutting military spending would reduce the federal budget deficit / There is a link between economic decline and diminished military strength / Retirement of baby boomers threatens to create unmanageable deficits / Liz Wolgemuth -- Steven Leser -- Alison Acosta Fraser -- Joe Conason -- Veronique de Rugy -- Andrew L. Yarrow -- Robert Kuttner -- Mike Crapo -- Dean Baker -- Robert H. Frank -- Chuck E. Grassley -- Barney Frank -- Loren Thompson -- Peter J. Nelson.
9780737746853 (hardcover) 0737746858 (hardcover) 9780737746860 (pbk.) 0737746866 (pbk.)
2009041737
Budget deficits--United States.
Government spending policy--United States.
HJ2051 / .F389 2010
339.5/230973