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- catalog abstract ""In 1992, Martin L. Gross shocked the nation with his New York Times bestseller, The Government Racket: Washington Waste from A to Z, after which 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." "He shows how the claim that the "era of 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 FICA surplus is squandered on everything except the aged." "In this provocative follow-up volume, the author outlines an encyclopedia of new waste, shows what happened to his previous suggestions to cut costs, and lays out a blueprint for government reform that could stop Washington's dysfunctional behavior. In thirty-six chapters he gives scores of examples of giant new waste and abuse including: duplication and overlap cost us billions in 154 different failing job-training programs and 127 different teenage bureaucracies, nine alone in the Department of Justice; billions are routinely wasted on ludicrous Washington projects, from golf courses for congressmen to large cash pensions for hyperactive children; while the taxpayer pays, Washington subsidizes General Motors, Intel, Pillsbury, and scores of giant firms to the tune of $75 billion a year; and the Defense Department regularly flies members of Congress around the world, with spouses, for freebie holidays on liquor-loaded planes."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Government racket 2000 and beyond".
- catalog alternative "Government racket two thousand and beyond".
- catalog contributor b12395499.
- catalog contributor b12395500.
- catalog coverage "United States Economic policy 1993-2001.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1993-2001.".
- catalog coverage "United States Social policy 1993-".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""In 1992, Martin L. Gross shocked the nation with his New York Times bestseller, The Government Racket: Washington Waste from A to Z, after which 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." "He shows how the claim that the "era of 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 FICA surplus is squandered on everything except the aged." "In this provocative follow-up volume, the author outlines an encyclopedia of new waste, shows what happened to his previous suggestions to cut costs, and lays out a blueprint for government reform that could stop Washington's dysfunctional behavior. In thirty-six chapters he gives scores of examples of giant new waste and abuse including: duplication and overlap cost us billions in 154 different failing job-training programs and 127 different teenage bureaucracies, nine alone in the Department of Justice; billions are routinely wasted on ludicrous Washington projects, from golf courses for congressmen to large cash pensions for hyperactive children; while the taxpayer pays, Washington subsidizes General Motors, Intel, Pillsbury, and scores of giant firms to the tune of $75 billion a year; and the Defense Department regularly flies members of Congress around the world, with spouses, for freebie holidays on liquor-loaded planes."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xi, 292 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0060933941".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Quill,".
- catalog spatial "United States Economic policy 1993-2001.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1993-2001.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social policy 1993-".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "336.73 21".
- catalog subject "HJ2051 .G76 2001".
- catalog subject "Waste in government spending United States.".
- catalog title "Government racket 2000 and beyond".
- catalog title "Government racket two thousand and beyond".
- catalog title "The government racket : 2000 and beyond / Martin L. Gross.".
- catalog type "text".