@article{467422,
      recid = {467422},
      author = {Kramer, Mattea.},
      title = {A people's guide to the federal budget /},
      publisher = {Interlink Books,},
      address = {Northampton, Mass. :},
      pages = {xv, 219 p. :},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {Ideally, the federal budget is a reflection of our values  and our vision for the role of our government. The $3.7  trillion the government is planning to spend this year is  mostly our money. We contribute about 60 percent of the  government's total revenues each year not including  borrowing through individual income taxes and payroll  deductions for such things as Social Security and Medicare.  This means we are all stakeholders in the government's  decisions about how this money will be spent.  From history  of the budget process to detail about the ongoing conflict  in Washington, from charts explaining where every federal  dollar goes to simple explanations of budget terminology,  this book about the federal budget also covers up to the  minute numbers and an explanation of President Obama's 2013  budget request.  It is a resource on what every American  should know about how our government raises and spends our  tax dollars, and is for every American who wants to  understand and participate in a process that affects all of  us. Understanding the federal budget is essential. Our  elected representatives in Washington make choices that  impact not just us, but our children, and our children's  children. We need to be in this debate, and be in it for  the long haul, if we are to build the kind of government,  and the kind of nation, that truly reflects our values.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/467422},
}