Publisher's Synopsis
This book suggests that the American economy is in serious trouble as a result of government mismanagement, fraud, waste and abuse. The state of the union is in peril with national security ramifications, and the problems are so striking that they necessitate a reappraisal of current approaches to fixing the state of economy. The authors suggest that the state and federal government is in violations of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and thereby has failed to protect the rights and liberties of the PEOPLE in which government was elected to serve. The contributors to this volume I analyze how under former president George Walker Bush more than 5,735 U.S. soldiers were killed in two wars (Iraq & Afghanistan) and neither of the wars were sanctioned by the United Nations, nor any governing body. They go on to examine the fragile American infrastructure, addressing some of the most critical problems the IRS, Employment, Homelessness, Medicare, Drugs, Criminal Justice System, Immigrant Aliens, Welfare, Cost of Living in America, and offering new prospective to solve some of these critical problems. The contributions also provide a comprehensive review of current President Barrack Obama presidency, policies and governance approaches, and emphasis the changes in the economic and social context of the PEOPLE and the implications of these developments on the rise of the regulatory state. This book also includes a by name memorial to the soldiers Killed and Wounded in Iraq & Afghanistan, Victims of the 9/11 Twin Towers Terrorist Attacks, United Airlines Flight # 11, 77, & 175, United Airlines Flight # 43 and the Pentagon. This book is a perceptive investigation of recent evolutions in the manner and extent of governance through regulation. The America Public, Scholars and students of comparative politics, public policy, regulation theory, institutional economics and political sociology will find it to be essential reading.