9781594039119-1594039119-DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington

DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington

ISBN-13: 9781594039119
ISBN-10: 1594039119
Edition: Illustrated
Author: David Schoenbrod
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Encounter Books
Format: Hardcover 256 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781594039119
ISBN-10: 1594039119
Edition: Illustrated
Author: David Schoenbrod
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Encounter Books
Format: Hardcover 256 pages

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DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington (ISBN-13: 9781594039119 and ISBN-10: 1594039119), written by authors David Schoenbrod, was published by Encounter Books in 2017. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Ideologies & Doctrines (Politics & Government) books. You can easily purchase or rent DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Ideologies & Doctrines books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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You think you know why our government in Washington is broken, but you really don't. You think it's broken because politicians curry favor with special interests and activists of the Left or Right. There's something to that and it helps explain why these politicians can't find common ground, but it misses the root cause. A half century ago, elected officials in Congress and the White House figured out a new system for enacting laws and spending programs--one that lets them take credit for promising good news while avoiding blame for government producing bad results. With five key tricks, politicians of both parties now avoid accounting to us for what government actually does to us.

While you understand that these politicians seem to pull rabbits out of hats, hardly anyone sees the sleight of hand by which they get away with their tricks. Otherwise, their tricks wouldn't work. DC Confidential exposes the sleights of hand. Once they are brought to light, we can stop the tricks, fix our broken government, and make Washington work for us once again.

The book explains the necessary reform and lays out an action plan to put it in place. Stopping the tricks would be a constructive, inclusive response to the anger that Americans from across the political spectrum feel toward what should be our government.

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