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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House Inc
Publication date
January 12, 2010
Pages
212
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781400068609
ISBN-10
1400068606
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$26.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: He's one of America's most capable, canny, candid, and independent financial experts. Now David M. Walker sounds a call to action. Comeback America is a tough-minded, innovative, inspiring guide to help us avoid the approaching economic abyss and put the country back on track again.
As comptroller general of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO)â"the nation's top auditor"âWalker warned Congress and the administration as the federal surplus became a giant deficit under George W. Bush. As president and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, he now works full-time to raise public awareness regarding mounting debt burdens being imposed on future generations. Comeback America is his crucial manifesto, a way for President Obama to end out-of-control government spending and reform our tax, retirement, health care, defense, and other systemsâbefore it's too late.
Walker believes that by 2030, absent significant reforms to current government programs and policies, federal taxes could double from current levels, meaning less money and poorer education for kidsâwhich will hurt families along with our nation's economic strength and position in the world. If our foreign creditorsâsuch as Chinaâdecide to buy fewer of our Treasury bonds, interest rates will rise and cars and homes will become less affordable.
But it doesn't have to be that way. Comeback America shows how we can return to our founding principles of fiscal responsibility and stewardship for future generations. The book includes bold ideas to control spending, save Social Security, dramatically alter Medicare, and simplify the tax codeâall taking into account the Obama Administration's current efforts, which receive never-before-published assessments both complimentary and critical.
   Nonpartisan, nonideological, and filled with a love of the country its esteemed author has spent his life serving, Comeback America is a book for anyone interested in America's economic futureâin other words, a book everyone should read.
As comptroller general of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO)â"the nation's top auditor"âWalker warned Congress and the administration as the federal surplus became a giant deficit under George W. Bush. As president and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, he now works full-time to raise public awareness regarding mounting debt burdens being imposed on future generations. Comeback America is his crucial manifesto, a way for President Obama to end out-of-control government spending and reform our tax, retirement, health care, defense, and other systemsâbefore it's too late.
Walker believes that by 2030, absent significant reforms to current government programs and policies, federal taxes could double from current levels, meaning less money and poorer education for kidsâwhich will hurt families along with our nation's economic strength and position in the world. If our foreign creditorsâsuch as Chinaâdecide to buy fewer of our Treasury bonds, interest rates will rise and cars and homes will become less affordable.
But it doesn't have to be that way. Comeback America shows how we can return to our founding principles of fiscal responsibility and stewardship for future generations. The book includes bold ideas to control spending, save Social Security, dramatically alter Medicare, and simplify the tax codeâall taking into account the Obama Administration's current efforts, which receive never-before-published assessments both complimentary and critical.
   Nonpartisan, nonideological, and filled with a love of the country its esteemed author has spent his life serving, Comeback America is a book for anyone interested in America's economic futureâin other words, a book everyone should read.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Random House Inc (January 12, 2010)
9781400068609 | details & prices | 212 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $26.00
About: He's one of America's most capable, canny, candid, and independent financial experts.
About: He's one of America's most capable, canny, candid, and independent financial experts.
Paperback
from Random House Inc (September 28, 2010)
9780812980721 | details & prices | 252 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.46 lbs | List price $15.00
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