The People's Money How Voters Will Balance the Budget and Eliminate the Federal Debt

by Rasmussen, Scott

• ISBN13: 9781451666106
• ISBN10: 1451666101
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-31
• Publisher: Threshold Editions

Summary

The founder and president of Rasmussen Reports uses his trusted original polling data to demonstrate the surprising public support for specific measures to spend less and balance the budget, solving the financial crisis and fixing the American economy.

Author Biography

Scott Rasmussen is one of the most recognized and respected public opinion pollsters in the United States today. As founder and president of Rasmussen Reports, he is a political analyst, television commentator, author, and a regular on the speaking circuit. The Wall Street Journal says “Mr. Rasmussen is today's leading insurgent pollster” and “a key player in the contact sport of politics.” The Washington Post calls Rasmussen a “driving force in American politics” and reports that his polls have set off alarm bells in the Oval Office.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What the Bailouts Unleashed	p. 1
The Political Class
What the Political Class Thinks Voters Think	p. 17
How the Political Class Deceives	p. 34
How Voters Would Spend the People's Money
How Voters Would Fix Defense	p. 57
How Voters Would Fix Social Security	p. 87
How Voters Would Fix Medicare and Health Care	p. 109
How Voters Would Fix the Tax System	p. 135
How Voters Want to Be Generous	p. 153
How Voters Would Save the People's Money
Ending Corporate Welfare	p. 175
Giving the People a Return on Investments	p. 197
Tightening the Belt of the Beltway	p. 217
Adding It All Up	p. 235
Conclusion: The End of the Political Class	p. 257
Acknowledgments	p. 263
Bibliography	p. 265
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