"Feeling your pain" : the explosion and abuse of government power in the Clinton-Gore years / James Bovard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bovard, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive power--United States.

Executive power.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1993-.

Politics and government.

Vice-presidents--United States.

Vice-presidents.

Physical Description:

426 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, [2000]

Summary:

The Clinton-Gore Years have been a rollercoaster ride for the United States. The media has focused narrowly on Monicagate and a handful of other scandals, but what was really important about the most recent presidential era?

In his new book, James Bovard looks at the real issue: Clinton and Gore's reliance on the Iron Fist of Big Government to achieve their goals. From the IRS running rampant, to the concoction of new prerogatives to confiscate private property, to one gun ban scam after another, to the attack and cover-up at Waco, the Clinton administration stretched government power on all fronts. From AmeriCorps food stamp recruiting drives, to FEMA's bombardment of people with unrequested benefit checks, to HUD's program to gold-plate public housing, the Clinton administration constantly acted like it had an unlimited right to squander tax dollars to buy votes.

Bovard shows how the Clinton-Gore years are less about Lewinsky and more about "lost rights." Clinton and Gore never tire of telling Americans "We feel your pain." In fact, Clinton may fundamentally have changed American politics -- emotionalizing practically every issue and encouraging people to grovel for government handouts or relief at every opportunity. In the style that made his Lost Rights a classic, Bovard delivers volley after volley of damning details of what the Clinton-Gore years were really about. With "feeling your pain," James Bovard gives Mr. Clinton the legacy he richly deserves.

Contents:

Chapter 2 AmeriCorps: Salvation through Handholding 7

Chapter 3 Plundering and Blundering: The IRS 27

Chapter 4 Affirmative Action, Now and Forever 47

Chapter 5 FEMA: Clinton's Greatest Snow Job? 67

Chapter 6 The Continuing Failure of the War on Drugs 85

Chapter 7 Searching Everywhere 109

Chapter 8 Forfeiture Follies 129

Chapter 9 Blockading Harbors for Free Trade 147

Chapter 10 HUD: The Eternal Boondoggle 167

Chapter 11 Freedom to Farm Washington 187

Chapter 12 Disabilities Dementia 207

Chapter 13 The Green Iron Fist 223

Chapter 14 Clinton's War on the Second Amendment 245

Chapter 15 Waco 269

Chapter 16 The Ruby Ridge Cover-up 291

Chapter 17 The Reno-Freeh Whitewash Team 305

Chapter 18 Kosovo: Moralizing with Cluster Bombs 325

Chapter 19 Conclusion: Clinton's Legacy versus American Liberty 341.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0312230826

OCLC:

44696100