David Walker: Comeback America
David M. Walker served as the seventh Comptroller General of the United States and was the CEO of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) from 1998 to 2008. He is currently the president and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Walker is a frequent speaker, writer, commentator, and congressional witness. He has appeared on a significant number of television networks, cable channels, and radio programs and has written for many major publications.
He’s one of America’s foremost independent financial experts.
As comptroller general of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) from 1998-2008, “the nation’s top auditor” David M. Walker warned Congress, and the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations that America faced a growing fiscal imbalance due largely to known demographic trends and rising health care costs. Unfortunately, the numbers have gotten worse and our fiscal gap has grown dramatically in recent years.
Now, as president and CEO of the non-partisan Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Walker works full-time to raise public awareness regarding our nation’s growing deficits, mounting debt burdens and dangerous dependency on foreign lenders.
His new book COMEBACK AMERICA (Random House; On Sale: January 12, 2010) includes a range of insightful and informative ideas all taking into account the Obama Administration’s current efforts to-date. It addresses a range of policy, operational and political reforms needed to ensure that America’s future will be better than its past. The following represents an example of the types of issues addressed and items contained in the book.
Accolades for Comeback America
“Please read this book by David Walker. No one has worked harder, been armed with more facts, written more clearly and been more dedicated to the mission of restoring confidence in our fiscal affairs and trust in government.” —Paul Volcker
“Every American should read David Walker’s clear analysis of our dangerous future federal budget deficits and of our current political system.” -Bob Rubin
“David Walker shows us how to regain fiscal sanity and why, if we don’t, we’re at risk of bequeathing a lower standard of living to our children and becoming a second rate power.” Bill Bradley
“Comeback America is a brilliant, factual, and highly readable account of our current fiscal predicament.” - Carla Hills
“Dave Walker has lifted the hood on the federal government, diagnosed the problems, and provided a number of sensible suggestions to help restore America’s greatness. If you care about our future, you’ll read this book.” - Ross Perot
“David Walker has drawn a true frightening and fact-based picture of a looming crisis; a crisis that will make the recent financial meltdown seem like a walk in the park. If this analysis doesn’t stir you to action, nothing will.” - Paul O’Neill