<div dir="ltr"><div><div><br><br></div>The short book listed below provides a clear, factual, sobering, perhaps surprising look at the federal budget and deficit.<br><br></div>It is written is non-technical language and provides a look where we are, how we got there, and the issues/problems that must be confronted.<br>
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<span id="btAsinTitle">Red Ink: Inside the High-Stakes Politics of the Federal Budget <span style="text-transform:capitalize;font-size:16px">[Hardcover]</span></span>
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