Disgusted by Political Fighting? Frustrated by the Inertia of Congress? We, the People, together, can redirect politics. This book points out the error of Single Congressional Seat Districts, the usurpation of power by political parties, and outlines what has to be done to get back to the original founders' vision of Congress.Political parties have always been about power and never about democracy. Politicians entice you with vague benefits and scare you with potential losses. Political parties are not about fixing problems, they are about getting your vote. On the other hand, Congress should be about fixing problems. We must not confuse politics with governance. We need to invest our votes in representatives instead of political parties.There is a path back to proportional representation so that those of us caught between two powerful parties can have a voice. You don't have to accept that only two choices are possible, but we can't just keep waiting for things to get better. We must find our voices and make it clear that Washington's business as usual isn't good enough!

Random Contents: Common Sense, Manifest Destiny, Pig War, Newberg Conspiracy, Nullification Theory, Patrick Henry, Palins Future, Global Economy, Isolationism, Alexis de Tocqueville, Line Item Veto, Laissez Faire, Baseball, Petticoat Affair, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Electoral College, Haymarket Riot, Term Limits, Uncle Sam, Alexander Hamilton, Ground Zero, John C. Calhoun, Pledge to America, Martin Van Buren, KKK, John Dickinson, Thomas Nast, Parliament, Teddy Bear, James Otis, Immigration, Silent Cal, Gulf of Tonkin, Nathan Hale, Corrupt Bargain, Recall, Ben Franklin, Slavery, Watergate, Paul Revere, Muslims, Emancipation Proclamation, John Marshall, Nisei, Tea Party, Domino Theory, Aaron Burr, Prayer in School, Robert E. Lee, Robber Barons, Checks and Balances, Great Society, Outsourcing, Know Nothing Party, Thomas Paine, Tariff of Abominations, Frances Perkins, Bleeding Kansas, Tippecanoe, Dixiecrats, Andrew Carnegie, Reaganomics, Little Rock, John Brown, Bracero Program, Victory Gardens, Eli Whitney, al-Qaeda, SAC, Jefferson Davis, Square Deal, Herbert Hoover, Patriot Act, Confederation, Federalism. After reading the random contents one can see the variety of the topics covered. I conclude the book with 5 major recommendations for the improvement of American politics. Read these and decide if they would also be yours. Read the rankings of the Presidents as for their beliefs and actions in Federalism or Confederation. What do you think was the biggest waste of time, the invention that most changed mankind, the worst vote in History, the worst legislation, the most important message, the most patriotic American, the biggest question in History, the simplest invention that caused the biggest change, the biggest question in American history and the biggest mistake that turned out to be the greatest fortune for the United States and who was the first to use the phrase the United States of America. Alexis de Tocqueville said, The will of the nation is one of those phrases which have been most largely abused by the wily and the despotic of every age." So do we govern by elections or by opinion polls? Read the book to find out.

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Larry J. Sabato, prominent election scholar and political commentator, and a team of scholars and election experts who are closest to the action, look at the 2010 campaigns and elections and offer fresh insights and trenchant commentary. Who Got in the Booth? takes you inside the most significant events and issues of this election cycle to see what affected the Midterm elections.

The old discussion of 'Market or State' is obsolete. There will always have to be a mix of market and state. The only relevant question is what that mix should look like. How far do we have to let the market go its own way in order to create as much welfare as possible for everyone? What is the responsibility of the government in creating welfare? These are difficult questions. But they are also interesting questions and Paul De Grauwe analyses them in this book. The desired mix of market and state is anything but easy to bring about. It is a difficult and sometimes destructive process that is constantly in motion. There are periods in history in which the market gains in importance. During other periods the opposite occurs and government is more dominant. The turning points in this pendulum swing typically seem to coincide with disruptive events that test the limits of market and state. Why we experience this dynamic is an important theme in the book. Will the market, which today is afforded a greater and greater role due to globalization, run up against its limits? Or do the financial crisis and growing income inequality show that we have already reached those limits? Do we have to brace ourselves for a rejection of the capitalist system? Are we returning to an economy in which the government is running the show?

Vital Democracy outlines an innovative new theory of democracy in action.