TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hunnicutt,Susan
TI  - The federal budget deficit
T2  - At issue. Economy
SN  - 9780737746853 (hardcover)
AV  - HJ2051 .F389 2010
U1  - 339.5/230973 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Detroit
PB  - Greenhaven Press
KW  - Budget deficits
KW  - United States
KW  - Government spending policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-97) and index; United States is addicted to deficit spending; Liz Wolgemuth --; Iraq War and the tax cuts created the federal budget deficit; Steven Leser --; Federal budget deficit is the result of unruly entitlement spending; Alison Acosta Fraser --; Deficits do not matter; Joe Conason --; Democrats and Republicans often change their opinions on deficits; Veronique de Rugy --; Liberals should care about reducing the budget deficit; Andrew L. Yarrow --; Conservatives are using the deficit to attack  Medicare and Social Security; Robert Kuttner --; Massive budget deficits will burden our children with debt; Mike Crapo --; Focus on the deficit distracts attention from real economic problems; Dean Baker --; Carefully planned deficit spending can lead to a stronger economy; Robert H. Frank --; stimulus bill will increase the federal deficit yet not fix the economy; Chuck E. Grassley --; Cutting military spending would reduce the federal budget deficit; Barney Frank --; There is a link between economic decline and diminished military strength; Loren Thompson --; Retirement of baby boomers threatens to create unmanageable deficits; Peter J. Nelson
ER  -