What Would the Founders Say?: A Patriot's Answers to America's Most Pressing Problems Tapa dura - 2011
de Larry Schweikart
How can we fix the great problems of our time? According to renowned historian Larry Schweikart, we need to get back to our roots. And to do that, we should ask ourselves a simple question-what would the Founders say? Schweikart examines ten key issues plaguing our nation today-from healthcare reform to government bailouts to gun control-and asks what would Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, and the other men who built this country think about the path we've taken?
Drawing mainly on primary documents, Schweikart also suggests what the Founders might have proposed to problems they could never have imagined in the eighteenth century. For example:
On religion in public life: "How would Washington view modern secular progressives who insist on wiping out any vestiges of Christianity in American government? Taken in context with John Adams's opinions on the necessity of religion, a concrete principle emerges: that there can be no democracy without a majority of citizens' being virtuous; that virtue requires morality; and morality requires religion and belief in a higher power than oneself."
On health care: "The health-care reform act promises to lead to unprecedented invasions of private choices, activities, and even well-being, for one man's necessity will soon be another man's vice. The Founders knew this and for that reason did not even entertain the notion that heath care was a right, and certainly not a function of government. 'Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap,' Jefferson said, 'we should soon want bread.'"
On bailouts: "Nowhere did the Founders show any concern about the success or failure of individual businesses. Quite to the contrary, they focused on the tendencies of governments to use any occasion, any event, as a 'necessity' to expand its own power. 'Those who are engaged in the management of public affairs are more subject to excitement and to be led astray by their particular interests and passions than the great body of constituents,' warned James Monroe."
On the national debt: "Alexander Hamilton never called debt in general a 'national blessing.' Rather, it is entirely clear that Hamilton rejected the concept that 'public debts are public benefits,' and that it was the funding of the debt, i.e., the system he devised to pay it off, that would provide the 'national blessing.'"
Written in Schweikart's informal yet informative style, What Would the Founders Say? is sure to delight his dedicated fans and anyone looking for a little clarity in a time of chaos.
Resumen
America is at a crossroads. We face two options: continue our descent toward big government, higher taxes, less individual liberty, and more debt or pull our country back on the path our Founding Fathers planned for us. But that path isn't always so easy to see.
Following the success of his previous books, conservative historian Larry Schweikart tackles some of the key issues confronting our nation today: education, government bailouts, gun control, health care, the environment, and more. For each he asks, "What would the founders say?" and sets out to explore our history and offer wisdom to help us get back on track. What would really be compatible with the vision that Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and the other founders had for America?
Written in Schweikart's informal yet informative style, What Would the Founders Say? is sure to delight his fans and anyone looking for a little clarity on tough issues.
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- Título What Would the Founders Say?: A Patriot's Answers to America's Most Pressing Problems
- Autor Larry Schweikart
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición First Edition
- Páginas 256
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Sentinel, New York
- Fecha de publicación 2011
- ISBN 9781595230744 / 1595230742
- Peso 0.96 libras (0.44 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.26 x 6.32 x 0.94 pulgadas (23.52 x 16.05 x 2.39 cm)
- Época de 18 a UP años
- Cursos 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2010035006
- Dewey Decimal Code 320.609
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