Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson, editors of Public Agenda Online and authors of the new book Where Does the Money Go?: Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis will appear today (2/14) on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross and tomorrow (2/15) on PBS’s Bill Moyers Journal.  They'll be discussing their new book, the federal budget and so much more!

For NPR times or to listen online, click here.  If you are interested in watching their appearance on Friday’s national PBS broadcast, please click here.  Also be sure to grab a copy of this entertaining and important book. Here's some of what you'll find inside Where Does the Money Go?:

· The six points you need to know to understand the federal budget crisis
· What's a billion dollars really worth? And how many Manolo Blahniks would it buy?
· More than a dozen ideas for putting Social Security and Medicare on a solid financial path
· Six glib answers to the country's budget crisis that aren't really getting us anywhere
· The "Where Does the Money Go" Voter Protection Kit -- to help you figure out where the candidates really stand on this issue
· Five signs you're being a lazy citizen and five signs you're part of the problem

For more information on the book click here.


1 comment on this entry

earthquake

If ever there is one good thing about recession I think it's the fact that people knew how to spend their money wisely.It is not conducive to spend too much nowadays, it will just create a deficit on government budget.We should always have to save so that when financial emergency happened we still have something to spend. We should always be prepared, anything can happen like the earthquake(a fortuitous event). An earthquake, like activity from a volcano, can be nothing more than an annoying rumbling to epic tragedy. A 6.3 earthquake struck L'Aquila, Italy recently, and the damage is far more than any online cash advance can help with. The death toll is expected to climb over 100 and up to 50,000 are left homeless. Let us count ourselves fortunate if all we have to worry about is an online cash advance instead of an earthquake


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