PublicAffairs 2003 Hard Cover Like New in Very Good jacket Inscribed and Signed By Author Inscribed "For Carol--With gratitude for your support and encouragement. 10/26/03 Matthew Miller." DJ trace of edgewear. A revolutionary program for fixing America 's most serious domestic problems for just two cents on the national dollar-while we still can. Suppose someone told you that for just two cents on the national dollar we could have a country where everyone had health insurance, full-time workers earned a living wage, poor children had great teachers in fixed-up schools, and politicians no longer had to grovel to wealthy donors. And suppose that when we were done, government would still be smaller than it was when Ronald Reagan was president. If you're like most people, you'd probably think that for two cents on the dollar this sounds like an intriguing deal. But 2 percent of America's GDP is more than $200 billion a year-way beyond what politicians in Washington think is possible. Between our proper intuition that 2 percent is a small amount, and the Washington consensus that a 2 percent shift in priorities is beyond imagining, lies the opportunity to transform American politics. In this agenda-setting book, Matthew Miller challenges our country (and those who would lead it) to change the way we think about our public responsibilities before the baby boomers' retirement siphons all the money out of the system. The Two Percent Solution is a call to arms that no serious ...

ISBN10: 1586481584, ISBN13: 9781586481582, [publisher: PublicAffairs] Hardcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.3
[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]