{"product_id":"government-racket-martin-l-gross-9780060933944","title":"Government Racket: 2000 and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1992, Martin L. Gross shocked the nation with his New York Times bestseller, The Government Racket: Washington Waste A to Z, after whcih he testified before Congress five times on hidden catastrophic waste. Now he has returned to the scene of the crime and found that things have gotten even worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe shows how the claim that the \"era of a big government is over\" is a blatant lie. With 2 percent inflation, federal spending rose 7 percent and is now more than $2 trillion annually. The Social Security fund is empty and $1.2 trillion in debt, while its FCA surplus is squandered on everything except the aged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this provacative follow-up volume, the author outlines an encylcopedia of new wastem shows what happened to his previous suggestions to cut costs, and lays out a blueprint for governent reform that could stop Washington's dysfunstional behavoir . In thirty-six chapters he gives scores of examples of giant new waste and abuse, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuplication and overlap cost us billions in 154 different failing job-training programs and 127 different teenage bureaucracies, nine alone in Department of Justice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Billions are rountinely wasted on ludicrious Washinton projects, from golf courses for congressman to large cash pensions for hyperactive children.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhile the taxpayer pays, Washinton subsizes General Motors, Intel, Pillsbury, and scores of gaint firms to the tune of $75 billion a year.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Defense Department regualry flies members of Congress around the world, with spouses, for freebie holidays on liquor-loaded planes. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin L. Gross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060933941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060933944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.76d","brand":"Martin L. Gross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44966088016127,"sku":"9780060933944","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac9cea5a-00ad-4da1-8601-06e8773fc8aa.jpg?v=1711158822","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/government-racket-martin-l-gross-9780060933944","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}