This book is excellent. Well written and the information is great. This really hits home the problems with big government that is power hungry. Really sad when the New Deal went in effect and the US transitioned from attempting to take care of our Military service members and expanding to anyone in the US within a “deserving” category. Of course we should take care of our elderly and disabled but things have gotten out of hand as programs started for good intentions continue to morph at the whim of politicians looking for votes. Then people manipulate the system and change their lives to take advantage. In the end these programs become unsustainable and the folks that should be taken care of are NOT because resources are spread thin. Mismanagement, abuse and lack of personal responsibility just add fuel to the fire.
Highly recommend this book! It validates to me why we are at a crossroad in this country. There’s light at the end of the tunnel, unfortunately it’s a train.
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"The High Cost of Good Intentions". is a real eye-opener! I say eye-opener because both political parties have had a hand in expanding the various Federal government entitlement programs, from Veterans Disability programs, to AFDC,Social Security (and Social Security Disability Insurance) ... you name it! No matter what the original intent (or good intentions) of a program, costs were seriously underestimated. Pressures from lobbying groups and political considerations brought about severe liberalizations of the programs, taking them far beyond whatever the original design intended. Anyone hear the term "Creeping Scope" ? Well, Congress falls prey to creeping scope every time! No wonder our nation is trillions of dollars in debt! This is not a quick read - the author has supplied the reader withabundant statistical data and a timeline showing how our Federal Government has consistently expanded entitlements far beyond the funds needed to stay afloat, fiscally. This book is well worth buying, reading and sharing with others!This should be every voter’s handbook for putting pressure on our elected Congressional Representatives to change policies that, left intact, will ultimately bankrupt our Nation and leave future generations to try and pick up the pieces. Time for action, and this book gives us the ammunition!
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"The High Cost of Good Intentions". is a real eye-opener! I say eye-opener because both political parties have had a hand in expanding the various Federal government entitlement programs, from Veterans Disability programs, to AFDC,Social Security (and Social Security Disability Insurance) ... you name it! No matter what the original intent (or good intentions) of a program, costs were seriously underestimated. Pressures from lobbying groups and political considerations brought about severe liberalizations of the programs, taking them far beyond whatever the original design intended. Anyone hear the term "Creeping Scope" ? Well, Congress falls prey to creeping scope every time! No wonder our nation is trillions of dollars in debt! This is not a quick read - the author has supplied the reader with
abundant statistical data and a timeline showing how our Federal Government has consistently expanded entitlements far beyond the funds needed to stay afloat, fiscally. This book is well worth buying, reading and sharing with others!
This should be every voter’s handbook for putting pressure on our elected Congressional Representatives to change policies that, left intact, will ultimately bankrupt our Nation and leave future generations to try and pick up the pieces. Time for action, and this book gives us the ammunition!
abundant statistical data and a timeline showing how our Federal Government has consistently expanded entitlements far beyond the funds needed to stay afloat, fiscally. This book is well worth buying, reading and sharing with others!
This should be every voter’s handbook for putting pressure on our elected Congressional Representatives to change policies that, left intact, will ultimately bankrupt our Nation and leave future generations to try and pick up the pieces. Time for action, and this book gives us the ammunition!
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