LEADER 02458nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910815154103321 005 20230801225214.0 010 $a1-283-69203-1 010 $a1-59947-436-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000277846 035 $a(EBL)1043737 035 $a(OCoLC)817224581 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000756421 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12297248 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756421 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10749566 035 $a(PQKB)11518422 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1043737 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6232939 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1043737 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10614224 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL400453 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30753315 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30753315 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000277846 100 $a20121026d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA nation of takers $eAmerica's entitlement epidemic /$fNicholas Eberstadt 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWest Conshohocken, Pa. $cTempleton Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (145 p.) 225 1 $aNew Threats to Freedom Series 225 0$aNew threats to freedom series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59947-435-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $apt. I. America's growing dependency on government entitlements -- pt. II. Dissenting points of view. 330 $aIn A Nation of Takers: America's Entitlement Epidemic, one of our country's foremost demographers, Nicholas Eberstadt, details the exponential growth in entitlement spending over the past fifty years. As he notes, in 1960, entitlement payments accounted for well under a third of the federal government's total outlays. Today, entitlement spending accounts for a full two-thirds of the federal budget. Drawing on an impressive array of data and employing a range of easy- to- read, four color charts, Eberstadt shows the unchecked spiral of spending on a range of entitlements, eve 410 0$aNew threats to freedom series. 606 $aEntitlement spending$zUnited States 615 0$aEntitlement spending 676 $a336.39 700 $aEberstadt$b Nick$f1955-$01605027 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815154103321 996 $aA nation of takers$94100018 997 $aUNINA