Running on empty : how the Democratic and Republican Parties are bankrupting our future and what Americans can do about it / Peter G. Peterson.

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:1st ed.
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2004.
Main Author:
Peterson, Peter G.
Subjects:
Budget deficits > United States.
Budget > United States.
Government spending policy > United States.
Fiscal policy > United States.
Entitlement spending > United States.
Format: Book
Running on empty : how the Democratic and Republican Parties are bankrupting our future and what Americans can do about it /
Table of Contents:
  • Preface : why this book now?
  • Ch. 1. Bankrupt parties, bankrupt nation
  • Ch. 2. Why deficits matter to you and your future
  • Ch. 3. The challenge at home : the aging of America
  • Ch. 4. The challenge abroad : a dangerous world
  • Ch. 5. How the Democrats got us into this mess (with Republican help)
  • Ch. 6. How the Republicans got us much deeper (with Democratic help)
  • Ch. 7. Ten partisan myths
  • Ch. 8. Why America is choosing the wrong future
  • Ch. 9. How we can rebuild our future - and our politics
  • Ch. 10. A letter to the rising generation.

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