The federal budget deficit / 
Susan Hunnicutt, book editor. 
 - Detroit :  Greenhaven Press,  c2010. 
 - 103 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - At issue. Economy .
 - At issue.  Economy. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-97) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780737746853 (hardcover) 0737746858 (hardcover) 9780737746860 (pbk.) 0737746866 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009041737 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Budget deficits--United States.<br/>Government spending policy--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HJ2051  / .F389 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>339.5/230973