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The book has [inaudible] thank you very much and appreciate you coming out. Thank you. [applause] thank you leslie and thank you to aubrey jenkins. The book, copies of the book are available outside, and please join us for a reception to celebrate the new book and to meet each other. Thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] every weekend booktv offers programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. Keep watching for more here on cspan2. And watch any of our past programs online at booktv. Org. Michael tanner talks about the growing National Debt next on booktv. In his latest book, going for broke, the Cato Institute fellow argues for sweeping solutions to the u. S. Debt problem which focus on restructuring Social Security, medicaid and medicare. Host michael tanner, nice to be with you. So today were going to discuss your book going for broke. Maybe you could just start by talking a little bit about what prompted you to write this book. Guest well one of the things thats fr
And if we dont start acting now while the sun is shining we will be in real trouble when the rain stops. The deficit is down a lot of people probably dont understand the difference so walk us through the numbers with different fiscal metric how much more we spend than what we take given in revenue that is afforded 50 billion range that sounds like a lot of money considering 34 years ago we were in the 1. 4 trillion range so it is a lot better than we were then. But that is just temporary and a couple of years that will go back up. If you add up the shortfall each year then you get the debt that is the total amount that we go. Think of the Household Budget if you run short this week, that is our deficit but if you run short every weekend take money out on your credit card than next week and alternately that is what you owe. So talk about the National Debt the National Debt consists of the debt held by the public that is said that that is in your portfolio if the of Government Bond or tr
Blessings and have a picture of my grandson hanging in my office and it was so he got to sit on the floor with me. Host would you like to say one of your kids or grand kids run for office . Guest that is up for them. I dont know. My children i am kind of wondering whether my son he is 34 and an attorney with four children and knows the strain it puts on the life. I would be very proud but i dont know i would push them that way. Illinois of the 12th district in illinois, thanks for being with us. Thanks for having me. Coming up on cspan2, booktv features afterwards interview about books on economics. Next, Michael Tanner discusses going for broke deficits, debt, and the entitlement crisis then americans for tax reform president Grover Norquist book on end the irs before it ends us how to restore a low tax, high growth, wealthy america. Books about economics at 8 p. M. Eastern on booktv cspan2. Author of going for broke is interviewed by Maya Macguineas president of the committee for a r
Silence your cell phones and ask no flash photography be taken during the presentation in addition there are books available for purchase and signing right over there after the event an we have a large number of events u coming up this fall including the alice waters. Our book is extex of our mission to promote cultural, political, historical awareness in diverse communities. We hope you use and maintain book space as one in which local communities comes together to learn about the great artistic cultural and political dwo. Of or time. For this in mind were so excited to have you here with us tonight and honored to welcome to the head please join me in welcoming them. Thank you. [applause] all right john mauro. Everything about you [inaudible conversations] okay so reporter and have opinions in education, two pea body awards and education okay blah, blah, blah prize winning reporter producer, documentary, oh, oh okay now were talking okay. Taught in in the public high school. Taught at