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Author : Rogan Kersh
Release : 2003-06-01
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Book Synopsis Dreams of a More Perfect Union by : Rogan Kersh
Download or read book Dreams of a More Perfect Union written by Rogan Kersh. This book was released on 2003-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rogan Kersh
Release : 2013-06-04
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Dreams of a More Perfect Union by : Rogan Kersh
Download or read book Dreams of a More Perfect Union written by Rogan Kersh. This book was released on 2013-06-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a brilliantly conceived and elegantly written book, Rogan Kersh investigates the idea of national union in the United States. For much of the period between the colonial era and the late nineteenth century, he shows, "union" was the principal rhetorical means by which Americans expressed shared ideals and a common identity without invoking strong nationalism or centralized governance. Through his exploration of how Americans once succeeded in uniting a diverse and fragmented citizenry, Kersh revives a long-forgotten source of U.S. national identity. Why and how did Americans perceive themselves as one people from the early history of the republic? How did African Americans and others at the margins of U.S. civic culture apply this concept of union? Why did the term disappear from vernacular after the 1880s? In his search for answers, Kersh employs a wide range of methods, including political-theory analysis of writings by James Madison, Frederick Douglass, and Abraham Lincoln and empirical analysis drawing on his own extensive database of American newspapers. The author's findings are persuasive—and often surprising. One intriguing development, for instance, was a strong resurgence of union feelings among Southerners—including prominent former secessionists—after the Civil War. With its fascinating and novel approach, Dreams of a More Perfect Union offers valuable insights about American political history, especially the rise of nationalism and federalism. Equally important, the author's close retracing of the religious, institutional, and other themes coloring the development of unionist thought unveils new knowledge about the origination and transmittal of ideas in a polity.
Author : Stuart Dunn
Release : 2013-04-23
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 61X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A More Perfect Union by : Stuart Dunn
Download or read book A More Perfect Union written by Stuart Dunn. This book was released on 2013-04-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes a fiscal plan designed to balance the federal budget without austerity or endangering the entitlement programs. It does this primarily through increasing income taxes on the wealthy by raising rates and eliminating deductions. It calls for significant savings in the cost of health-care delivery without diminishing services and an end to government waste and inefficiency. It largely eliminates poverty through raising the minimum wage, and a full employment program in which the government serves as the employer of last resort. This program is paid for by a new net-worth tax on the wealthiest 1 percent. The plan intends to improve economic equity and preserve political democracy by reducing the income/wealth disparity which exists today. The plan extends Medicare to all, eliminates payroll taxes, and funds entitlements out of the general fund. State and municipal costs are significantly reduced by absorbing Medicaid patients into Medicare, thus freeing up capital for necessary infrastructure repair and the expansion of education funding for preschool through college. Working- and middle-class families will see their first real increase in disposable income in almost thirty years through the elimination of the payroll taxes, the reduction in the personal cost of health care and the increase in the minimum wage. The full employment program and the increase in disposable income for so many will serve to stimulate the economy, bring about business expansion, and increase employment. The cost of doing business in America will be reduced by eliminating company contributions to the payroll tax, ending the need for company-paid health insurance and a reduction in the corporate tax rate. These savings will motivate bringing jobs home from overseas and increase the profit margins for American companies providing capital for research and development, modernization, and expansion.
Author : Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
Release : 2021-11-12
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis A More Perfect Union by : Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
Download or read book A More Perfect Union written by Jesse L. Jackson Jr.. This book was released on 2021-11-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Race, from the beginning and more than any other element, has shaped America's institutions, its economics, politics, laws, social structures, and political attitudes. Congressman Jackson considers race to be the focal point of America through the language of the economy because "the economy is the hearing aid through which Americans hear all political dialogue." In this thought provoking work, Jackson provides ample documentation and insightful analysis of the inextricable link between race and economics. More important Jackson proposes a radical economic strategy and program of new human rights that would build A More Perfect Union for all Americans and put them in a better position to come to grips with this enduring American legacy.
Author : Hana Schank
Release : 2007-02-20
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 376/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A More Perfect Union by : Hana Schank
Download or read book A More Perfect Union written by Hana Schank. This book was released on 2007-02-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a year in "wedding land" comes this humorous yet poignant memoir--from choosing the perfect gown to balancing advice, from well-intentioned loved ones to avoiding the dreaded label "bridezilla."
