Where Does the Money Go?
About the Program
The battle over the federal budget is on, and it’s not just an inside-the-Beltway argument. The rising national debt — and what we choose to do about it — will affect your savings, your retirement, your mortgage, your health care, and your children. How well do you understand the government decisions that will end up coming out of your pocket?
Enter the “Where Does the Money Go?” college lecture program! Public Agenda’s Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson will help your campus better understand America’s budget debate. This non-partisan presentation is based on the book “Where Does the Money Go?”
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson will offer your audience essential information that every American citizen needs—and has the right—to know. Like the book, this presentation will guide audiences in deciphering the jargon of the country’s budget problem breaks down into plain English exactly what the fat cats in Washington are arguing about. Where Does the Money Go? lays out the ideas put out from the left, right and center, explores why elected leaders have so far failed to address this issue effectively and explains what you can do to protect your future.
About the Speakers
Scott Bittle is the Director of Public Issues Analysis at Public Agenda, executive editor of PublicAgenda.org, and lead author of research reports including The Buck Stops Where? What D.C. Influencers Say About The National Debt, the Energy Learning Curve, A Place To Call Home: What Immigrants Say Now About Life In America, and Promising Practices In Online Engagement.
Jean Johnson, Director of Education Insights and Director of Programs at Public Agenda, is a co-founder of PublicAgenda.org, and the author or co-author of studies on education reform, college completion and other issues in higher education, families, religion, race relations, manners and civility, retirement, welfare, and health care.
Bittle and Johnson often speak and write about public policy issues, have been interviewed on numerous television and radio programs, and have blogged together on The Huffington Post on both the deficit and issues relating to energy and climate change, the topic of their second book, Who Turned Out The Lights: Your Guided Tour To The Energy Crisis.
