Full faith and credit: the national debt, taxes, spending, and the bankrupting of America

How we got here : the unintended consequences of elected government. George Washington to Theodore Roosevelt ; Woodrow Wilson to Franklin Delano Roosevelt ; Harry S. Truman to Ronald Reagan ; George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama

The tyranny of good intentions : spending out of control. In government we trust ; The unintended consequences of unelected government ; Our climate of moral hazard from New Deal to raw deal

Spending too much for the common defense : trapped in the puzzle palace. Ike's first draft ; The Pentagon and Pork Chop Hill

Spending too much and the civilian pork barrel : one man's waste is another man's dinner. From the bottom of the barrel : grinding the political pork sausage ;Let them eat pork : how Congress buys votes

What taxes cost us : tax plans and policy choices. Abandon all hope? ; When subsidies and preferences pass for taxes ; Solutions : asking the right questions. How much longer do we have to perch on this painful tipping point? ; Stay curious, get skeptical : resources, references, and policy choices.