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Table Of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: The Six Points You Need to Know to Understand the Federal Budget Crisis

• The Great Budget Debate Pop Quiz

• So Whose Fault Is it Anyway?

Chapter 2: So What's the Worst That Could Happen?

• When Good Economies Go Bad, Or Don't Cry for Me, Argentina

• So Where in the World Is the Debt?

• The China Syndrome, or How Bankers in Beijing Affect Your Mortgage

Chapter 3: A Little Clarification is in Order

• What's a Billion Worth?

• A Deficit Here, a Deficit There, Here a Deficit, There a Deficit . .

• Laying Down the Baseline

Chapter 4: The Tax Tour (or, Money Comes…)

• Lost at Sea: A Short History of Taxing Yachts

• The AWOLS (or Some Important Things We Left Out of This Chapter)

• Showdown at Tax Gap

Chapter 5: …And Money Goes

• Prime Cuts or Deli Slices? What It Takes to Make a Dent in the Deficit

• The Fortunes of War: Why Bringing the Troops Home Won’t Balance the Budget

• The Argument for the Bailouts and the Stimulus—Do You Have to Spend Money to Make Money?

• Playing Defense: How Much Does it Take to Be Safe?

Chapter 6: Social Security and Medicare— And Why Closing the Deficit Isn’t Enough

• Setting Out the Welcome Mat : Could Immigration Solve the Problem?

• Blinding Us with Science: The Debt and GDP

Chapter 7: If You Think Social Security is Bad, Wait Till You Meet Medicare

• Health Care and the Budget: Have We Got the Right Prescription Yet?

Chapter 8: Glib Answers to a Tough Problem

Chapter 9: Do We Have to Throw Granny Out On the Street?

Chapter 10: Waste Not, Want Not

• The Best and the Brightest

• So Maybe Bill Gates and Oprah Could Pay Off the Debt…

• Boondoggling for Fun and Profit

Chapter 11: The Liberals and the Conservatives

Chapter 12: Politics, As Ususal

• The Politically Dead and Departed

• When to Be Afraid, Very Afraid

Chapter 13: The Taxman Cometh

Chapter 14: Tackling the Long-Term Problem One Bite at a Time

• So Has Anyone Got Any Bright Ideas?

• Don't Worry, Be Happy: Four Disturbingly Simple Ideas for Curbing Our Budget Problems

Chapter 15: Okay, If You're So Smart…

Chapter 16: The "Where Does the Money Go" Voter Protection Kit

• Simultaneous Translations: A Handy-Dandy Pocket Guide to the Political Soft Sell

• Taking Matters Into Your Own Hands

• Five Signs You're Being a Lazy Citizen

• Five Signs You're Part of the Problem

CHAPTER 17: The Last Word: Six Realities We Need to Accept to Solve This Problem

APPENDIX: Places to Go, People to Meet