TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blair,Tom
TI  - Poorer Richard's America: what would Ben say? 
SN  - 1616081902 (alk. paper) :
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Skyhorse Pub.
KW  - Franklin, Benjamin,
KW  - Social problems
KW  - United States
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 2009-
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1980-
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -