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The Sixteen-Trillion-Dollar Mistake
Bruce S. Jansson
其他書名
How the U.S. Bungled Its National Priorities from the New Deal to the Present
出版Columbia University Press, 2002-09-04
主題History / United States / GeneralBusiness & Economics / GeneralHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
ISBN02315052649780231505260
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=bwJ-u6Z2vdMC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Choices about budget priorities are arguably the most important made by the federal government, profoundly affecting the well-being of citizens. Bruce Jansson documents how presidents from FDR to Clinton have made ill-advised choices that wasted trillions of dollars. Going beyond charges of corruption or bureaucratic waste, the book is an eye-opening exposé revealing innumerable useless projects (military as well as civilian), unnecessary tax concessions, and the use of interest payments to cover deficit spending, among other costly mistakes. Using Office of Management and Budget projections through 2004, Jansson shows how the madness continues—and how an informed electorate can put an end to it.