{"product_id":"9780060933944","title":"Government Racket: 2000 and Beyond","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eGross, Martin L.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/9\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\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 ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46866155700479,"sku":"9780060933944","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780060933944_s600x595.jpg?v=1779893073","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780060933944","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}