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Fed up! : our fight to save America from Washington / Rick Perry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perry, Rick, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Federal government--United States.
- Federal government.
- Liberty.
- Central-local government relations.
- United States.
- Central-local government relations--United States.
- Decentralization in government--United States.
- Decentralization in government.
- Liberty--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 220 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
- Summary:
- Perry shows how an increasing concentration of power in Washington will lead to further unsustainable debt, greater limits on opportunity and success, and a permanent dependency class. The two-term governor of Texas also explains how to put government back in the hands of the people.
- Contents:
- America is great, Washington is broken
- Why states matter
- What happened to the founders' vision?
- Washington is bankrupting America
- No American left alone : healthcare, education, the environment, and the tyranny of the modern administrative state
- Nine unelected judges tell us how to live
- The Federal government fiddles : ignoring national security, immigration, and the enumerated powers
- Standing athwart history not doing a damned thing
- States do the work of the people
- Retaking the reins of government : freedom and federalism for the future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0316132950
- 9780316132954
- 9780316133463
- 0316133469
- OCLC:
- 639167587
- Publisher Number:
- 99944998327
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