01549cam a2200289 4500 517219466 TxAuBib 100915s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010039666 9780316132954 0316132950 9780316133463 large print 0316133469 large print DLC DLC DLC TxAuBib Perry, Rick, 1950- Fed up : our fight to save America from Washington / Rick Perry. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010. xviii, 220 p. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-212) and index. America is great, Washington is broken -- Why states matter -- What happened to the founders' vision? -- Washington is bankrupting America -- No American left alone : healthcare, education, the environment, and the tyranny of the modern administrative state -- Nine unelected judges tell us how to live -- The Federal government fiddles : ignoring national security, immigration, and the enumerated powers -- standing athwart history not doing a damned thing -- States do the work of the people -- Retaking the reins of government : freedom and federalism for the future. Federal government United States. Central-local government relations United States. Decentralization in government United States. Liberty United States. TXHSP