Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day: The Real Deal on How Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Other Washington Barbarians are Bankrupting America - Couverture rigide

Scarborough, Joe

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ISBN 10 : 0060749849 ISBN 13 : 9780060749842

Editeur : Harper, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Scarborough Joe

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Here's the Real Deal! The same Washington politicians who took control of Congress by promising to balance the federal budget are now bankrupting America by launching the biggest spending spree in the history of the United States.

With big-spending Democrats at their side, President George Bush and his "conservative" Republican Congress have controlled the government's checkbook while the national debt has skyrocketed past seven trillion dollars. That's right, $7,000,000,000,000. How has the party of Reagan become the party of big- government spending?

Now former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough delivers a scathing indictment of Republicans and Democrats alike in the same informed, hard-hitting, and entertaining style fans of Scarborough Country have come to admire. Having had a ringside seat during his four terms in the House of Representatives, Scarborough gives the inside scoop on how Washington really works and on the spending orgy the Republicans have fueled the last ten years.

The story begins with Newt Gingrich's Contract with America and the Republicans promising to balance the budget and reform Washington. It culminates with a Republican president continually rubber-stamping pork-filled appropriations bills that squander taxpayer dollars. That is, unless you think it's necessary to spend millions of dollars on research into "alternative salmon products" in Alaska, or the study of crickets in Utah, or of sea turtles in Hawaii. Sadly, these instances merely hint at the gross spending by Congress.

Revue de presse :

“Joe is a refreshingly independent thinker and straight talker.” (Senator John McCain)

“A strong, independent voice...[a] hard-hitting collection of revelations.” (Mario M. Cuomo)

“Scarborough pulls no punches.” (Daily News)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060749849
• ISBN 13: 9780060749842
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208