02834nam 2200625 a 450 991078963100332120230207213948.01-283-05695-X97866130569551-56663-966-2(CKB)2670000000077943(EBL)678188(OCoLC)711748957(SSID)ssj0000473097(PQKBManifestationID)12167122(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473097(PQKBWorkID)10435828(PQKB)10037474(MiAaPQ)EBC678188(Au-PeEL)EBL678188(CaPaEBR)ebr10460925(CaONFJC)MIL305695(EXLCZ)99267000000007794320100317d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrShakedown[electronic resource] the continuing conspiracy against the American taxpayer /Steven MalangaChicago Ivan R. Deec20101 online resource (160 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-56663-875-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.The conspiracy against the taxpayers -- The bill is coming due -- California's road to serfdom -- The mob that whacked New Jersey -- We don't need another war on poverty -- America's worst urban program -- The movement to undermine welfare reforms -- The religious left, reborn -- The advocates and Washington's housing disorders -- A culture of entitlement everywhere.As their infatuation with President Obama fades, millions of Americans anxiously ask, Is this the change we were waiting for? The current administration represents change, for sure, Steven Malanga argues - a momentous transformation of the fundamental structure of American politics. A self-interested coalition of public-sector unions and government-financed community activists (like the young Barack Obama) has become our era's characteristic political machine. In Shakedown, Mr. Malanga shows how this machine's single-minded goal is always bigger government and more public spending. The bill, Government spending policyUnited StatesTaxationUnited StatesGovernment employee unionsUnited StatesCommunity activistsUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial policy1993-Government spending policyTaxationGovernment employee unionsCommunity activists336.73Malanga Steven1462816MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789631003321Shakedown3671941UNINA