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008			060720s2006 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2006050097
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050	0	0	_aHT 690 .U6 _bD63 2006
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100	1		_aDobbs, Lou.
245	1	0	_aWar on the middle class : _bhow the government, big business, and special interest groups are waging war on the American dream and how to fight back / _cLou Dobbs.
260			_aNew York : _bViking, _c2006.
300			_ax, 276 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-267) and index.
505	0		_aWar on the middle class -- Class warfare -- The best government money can buy -- The politics of deceit -- He says, she says -- The exorbitant cost of free trade -- Exporting America -- Broken borders -- A generation of failure -- Health care: it's enough to make you sick -- The best of intentions -- Taking back America -- The Declaration of Independence -- The Constitution of the United States -- The Bill of Rights -- The Constitution: Amendments 11-27.
520			_aThe middle class has never been so vulnerable. Its every feature is under assault by politicians and the lobbyists who court them, big-business corporations that are sending their jobs overseas, and a media that relies on sensationalism instead of facts when reporting the news. CNN host and commentator Dobbs looks at every aspect of the decline of the middle class--from a lack of political representation to America's corrupt health-care system--to demonstrate how the gap between America's newest haves and have-nots is no longer merely financial, but instead includes the erosion of education, employment, government, and community. Dobbs proposes a series of measures to resolve each issue and incite people, whose future is being mortgaged to benefit a powerful few, to preserve their rights and dreams.--From publisher description.
650		0	_aMiddle class _xGovernment policy _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMiddle class _zUnited States _xEconomic conditions.
650		0	_aPressure groups _zUnited States.
650		0	_aCorporate power _zUnited States.
650		0	_aElite (Social sciences) _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xEconomic policy _y2001-2009.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y2001-2009.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2006050097-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2006050097-d.html
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