Federal spending continues to grow year after year and most Americans are fully aware of the budget problems faced by the Federal government and how the government almost always spends more money than it collects in revenue. But in spite of what we know, most Americans don't make many demands on politicians to solve the budget problem. Content to push the problem to another year, most Americans sit back and listen to the dismal fiscal news, but do little or nothing to work for change. Authors Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson are fully aware of this apathy on the part of the public and they wrote this book to explain the budget process in a way that most anyone can understand; with the ultimate goal being a better understanding of the budget problems and a more activist mindset on the part of the public.