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Explores the challenges facing America in 2009--from economic failures and two wars to what the authors describe as the world community's eagerness to take advantage of current issues--and assesses the Obama administration's first one hundred days.
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Politics and government, Politik, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2009-07-12, New York Times bestseller, United states, economic conditions, 2001-2009, United states, politics and government, 2001-2009, Obama, barack, 1961-, Economic conditions, Political corruptionPeople
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Catastrophe: how Obama, Congress, and the special interests are transforming-- a slump into a crash, freedom into socialism, and a disaster into a catastrophe-- and how to fight back
2009, Harper
in English
- 1st ed.
006177104X 9780061771040
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Take back our country
Part 1: How Obama Is Causing A Catastrophe
1: Obama'a war on prosperity
2: Bank bailout that bombed
3: Obama's mortgage plan that won't help you
4: Obama's health care catastrophe
5: Obama's blueprint for political domination
6: Obama sends message: the war on terror is over
7: United States sends aid to Hamas-yes Hamas!
Part 2: How Congress Causes Catastrophe
8: Christopher Dodd and Charles Rangel: from idealistic reformers to privileged insiders
9: There is nothing like a name-Ted Kennedy, Jr, the senator's son
10: Stealth lobbyists: the former congressional leaders who secretly influence federal policies and spending
Part 3: How Special Interests Cause Catastrophe
11: Sheer Chutzpah of countrywide financial executives
12: Pay to play: no-bid contracts exchanged for campaign cash
13: Slow surrender: how our banks and investment firms are opening the door to Shariah law and Muslim extremist domination
14: How Bill Clinton goffed-costing you $60 billion
15: Tarmac hostages: how airlines imprison you on the runway
16: Silent catastrophe: post-traumatic stress disorder in our military
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Complete list of TARP recipients
Notes.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-359).
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