With the deep national insecurity still felt on the anniversaries of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, and with the upcoming November 2006 elections, Prins takes us on a journey demonstrating how the erosion of government and fiscally unsound public policies have led America down the wrong path, leaving most Americans concerned about their economic future.

In a travelogue spanning 32 states, Prins reveals an America decimated by decades of disinvestment in the physical and policy-based structures that build community and provide opportunity in the United States. She tells the story of Katrina survivors, victims of Detroit's massive auto plant layoffs, retirees in Florida and Chicano families in Austin. From credit cards and social security to driver's licenses and housing insurance, Prins unfolds the stories of hardworking Americans--students, factory workers, small business owners, mothers--who, at every stop, are questioning the priorities of our political leadership. JACKED demonstrates that almost everyone in the country feels "The Wallet Pinch"--as we work harder for fewer benefits and lower wages, the government's priorities have not aligned with with national concerns about education, social security, health care and Katrina--while war expenditures have continued to mount.

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