Uncle Sam Can't Count
Title | Uncle Sam Can't Count PDF eBook |
Author | Burton W. Folsom |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2014-04-15 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0062292714 |
An enlightening overview of America’s misadventures in economic investment from the Revolutionary era to the Obama administration. From the days of George Washington through World War II to today, government subsidies have failed the American people time and again. Draining the Treasury of cash, this doomed attempt to “pick winners” only serves to impede economic growth—and hurt the very companies receiving aid. But why does federal aid seem to have a reverse Midas touch? In Uncle Sam Can’t Count, Burt and Anita Folsom argue that federal officials don’t have the same abilities or incentives as entrepreneurs. In addition, federal control always leads to politicization. And what works for politicians often doesn’t work in the marketplace. Filled with examples of government failures and free market triumphs, from John Jacob Astor to the Wright Brothers, World War II amphibious landing craft to Detroit, Uncle Sam Can’t Count is a hard-hitting critique of government investment that demonstrates why business should be left exclusively to private entrepreneurs.
The Uncle Sam Series for American Children
Title | The Uncle Sam Series for American Children PDF eBook |
Author | Sam (Uncle.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1870 |
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Uncle Sam
Title | Uncle Sam PDF eBook |
Author | Hal Marcovitz |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 57 |
Release | 2014-11-17 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1422287580 |
It is said that the inspiration for the character of Uncle Sam was a man named Sam Wilson, who provided food for the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. By the 1830s, the figure of Uncle Sam had become a personified image of America, commonly used by newspaper and magazine cartoonists to represent the U.S. government's decisions and policies. Perhaps the best-known image of Uncle Sam was created in 1917, during the First World War—a stern, white-haired man wearing star-spangled clothing, encouraging Americans to do their part to support their nation. Uncle Sam remains an important symbol of the United States and the policies and activities of our government.
Factory
Title | Factory PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 840 |
Release | 1925 |
Genre | Factory management |
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Vols. 24, no. 3-v. 34, no. 3 include: International industrial digest.
The "sure-enough Book" of Uncle Sam
Title | The "sure-enough Book" of Uncle Sam PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Wear McCorkle |
Publisher | |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Children |
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Uncle Sam's Plantation
Title | Uncle Sam's Plantation PDF eBook |
Author | Star Parker |
Publisher | Thomas Nelson |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2010-08-16 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1418508519 |
Uncle Sam’s Plantation is an incisive look at how government manipulates, controls, and ultimately devastates the lives of the poor—and what Americans must do to stop it. Once a hustler and welfare addict who was chewed up and spit out by the ruthless welfare system, Star Parker sheds much needed light on the bungled bureaucratic attempts to end poverty and reveals the insidious deceptions perpetrated by self-serving politicians. “Star Parker rocks the world. She is an iconoclast that must be listened to and reckoned with.” ?Sean Hannity “Star Parker’s important new book helps advance the understanding—critical for all Americans—that prosperity does not come from government and politics but results from men and women of character and high moral fiber living and working in freedom.” ?Larry Kudlow “Star Parker’s new book brings us back to eternal truths—faith, family, love, and responsibility.” ?Dr. Laura Schlessinger “Casts new light on the redemptive power of freedom.” ?Rush Limbaugh
Uncle Sam's Visit. A Tale for Children
Title | Uncle Sam's Visit. A Tale for Children PDF eBook |
Author | Uncle Sam |
Publisher | |
Pages | 74 |
Release | 1865 |
Genre | Brothers and sisters |
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