appropriations and expenditures

Examines America's budget deficit and the futile attempts of politicians to balance the federal budget.

Contains twenty-four articles that provide a variety of opinions on the topic of government spending, discussing the state of current government spending, deficit spending and debt, how spending policies affect the economy, and potential changes that will benefit future challenges.

Documents Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress' efforts to restore the American economy since 2009. Details the policymaking efforts that defined this process and reveals why they failed to set the country back on track.

Collection of 350 mistakes made by local, state, and federal governments that cost taxpayers millions of dollars including a federal computer glitch that listed everyone in Hartford, Connecticut, as dead and $100,000 spent on a federal study to find out why people do not like beets.

Reveals that the problem with American government is its inability to make things work and solve problems, offering a program for change.

Explains what the government spends money on, where it gets money to spend, and possible ways to reduce the national debt.

Answers over five hundred questions on the federal budget including where government funds come from, government spending, the budgeting process, the government's relationship to banking, and events in each administration from Franklin Roosevelt to Bill Clinton, and includes a bibliography.

Contains fourteen critical essays that offer varying opinions about the United States' budget deficit.

Explores the issue of government spending and the issues that various levels of government face with the combination of political, moral, and economic dilemmas when making any decision that involves the use of taxpayers' money. In a pro/con format. Viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications.