02263cam a2200289 4500 83962648 TxAuBib 20101027120000.0 100713s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010027538 9781616081904 alk. paper 1616081902 alk. paper TxAuBib Blair, Tom. Poorer Richard's America : what would Ben say / Tom Blair. New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., 2010. xx, 220 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. National deficit -- Religions, windows to God -- Balloons and federal budgets -- Prejudice -- The rise and fall of nations -- Real Americans -- Democracy -- A pleasant night's sleep -- America's greatest generation -- Republicans and Democrats -- The moment of conception -- The rich should pay their fair share -- Stoplights and Wall Street -- Hardships and sacrifice -- Great leaders lead -- Information caressed is knowledge -- Federal income taxes -- Ceasing to live versus dying -- The written word -- An ignorant man with no education is to be pitied -- Marital bliss -- Unintended consequences, domestic affairs -- You have a problem -- Bill of rights -- Distribute pressure, distribute consequences -- Unintended consequences, foreign affairs -- The national debt does not matter -- International affairs -- Equal rights legislation -- Social surplus -- Health care reform -- Health care reform, deux -- Department of defense -- Law of big numbers -- Branches of government -- Love and marriage -- Children -- China seeks to sell products to other countries -- America, you can do it -- Final thoughts. Tom Blair has written, in the voice of Ben Franklin, an updated-for-today book that draws on the essence of Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack to view America in 2011. 20110609. Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Quotations. Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Political and social views. Social problems United States. United States Social conditions 1980- United States Politics and government 2009- United States Economic conditions 2009-