Poorer Richard's America : what would Ben say? /
Blair, Tom.
Poorer Richard's America : what would Ben say? / What would Ben say Tom Blair. - New York, N.Y. : Skyhorse Pub., c2010. - xx, 220 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
National deficit -- Religions, windows to God -- Balloons and federal budgets -- Prejudice -- The rise and fall of nations -- Real Americans -- Democracy -- A pleasant night's sleep -- America's greatest generation -- Republicans and Democrats -- The moment of conception -- The rich should pay their fair share -- Stoplights and Wall Street -- Hardships and sacrifice -- Great leaders lead -- Information caressed is knowledge -- Federal income taxes -- Ceasing to live versus dying -- The written word -- An ignorant man with no education is to be pitied -- Marital bliss -- Unintended consequences, domestic affairs -- You have a problem -- Bill of rights -- Distribute pressure, distribute consequences -- Unintended consequences, foreign affairs -- The national debt does not matter -- International affairs -- Equal rights legislation -- Social surplus -- Health care reform -- Health care reform, deux -- Department of defense -- Law of big numbers -- Branches of government -- Love and marriage -- Children -- China seeks to sell products to other countries -- America, you can do it -- Final thoughts.
Tom Blair has written, in the voice of Ben Franklin, an updated-for-today book that draws on the essence of Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack to view America in 2011.
1616081902 (alk. paper) : $17.76 9781616081904 (alk. paper) : $17.76
2010027538
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 --Quotations.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 --Political and social views.
Social problems--United States.
United States--Economic conditions--2009-
United States--Politics and government--2009-
United States--Social conditions--1980-.
Poorer Richard's America : what would Ben say? / What would Ben say Tom Blair. - New York, N.Y. : Skyhorse Pub., c2010. - xx, 220 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
National deficit -- Religions, windows to God -- Balloons and federal budgets -- Prejudice -- The rise and fall of nations -- Real Americans -- Democracy -- A pleasant night's sleep -- America's greatest generation -- Republicans and Democrats -- The moment of conception -- The rich should pay their fair share -- Stoplights and Wall Street -- Hardships and sacrifice -- Great leaders lead -- Information caressed is knowledge -- Federal income taxes -- Ceasing to live versus dying -- The written word -- An ignorant man with no education is to be pitied -- Marital bliss -- Unintended consequences, domestic affairs -- You have a problem -- Bill of rights -- Distribute pressure, distribute consequences -- Unintended consequences, foreign affairs -- The national debt does not matter -- International affairs -- Equal rights legislation -- Social surplus -- Health care reform -- Health care reform, deux -- Department of defense -- Law of big numbers -- Branches of government -- Love and marriage -- Children -- China seeks to sell products to other countries -- America, you can do it -- Final thoughts.
Tom Blair has written, in the voice of Ben Franklin, an updated-for-today book that draws on the essence of Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack to view America in 2011.
1616081902 (alk. paper) : $17.76 9781616081904 (alk. paper) : $17.76
2010027538
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 --Quotations.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 --Political and social views.
Social problems--United States.
United States--Economic conditions--2009-
United States--Politics and government--2009-
United States--Social conditions--1980-.