Running on empty
how the Democratic and Republican Parties are bankrupting our future and what Americans can do about it
by Peter G. Peterson
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"When George W. Bush came into office in 2001, the ten-year budget balance was officially projected to be at a surplus of $5.6 trillion. But after three big tax cuts, the bursting of the stock-market bubble, and the devastating effects of 9/11 on the economy, the surplus has evaporated, and the deficit is expected to grow to $5 trillion over the next decade. America was once the greatest creditor to nations around the globe; it is now the largest debtor in the world. And the domestic deficit is only half the story. Given our $500 billion trade deficit and our anemic savings rate, we depend on an unprecedented $2 billion of foreign capital every working day. If foreign confidence were to wane, this could lead to a dreaded hard landing." "In Running on Empty, Peterson takes us behind the politicians' smoke-and-mirror games, and forcefully explains what we must do to rescue the future of our country."--BOOK JACKET.
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Politics and government, Deficit financing, Economic conditions, Budget deficits, Economic policy, Balance of trade, Government spending policy, Entitlement spending, Fiscal policy, Budget, Budget, united states, United states, economic policy, 2001-2009, Government spending, History, Political parties, Civil service reformPlaces
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"When the towers fell, I was out of town attending a corporate board meeting (which promptly adjourned) and spent the rest of the day watching cable news and trying to call my wife and family in Manhattan."
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