Reviving The American Dream

The American dream is fading: for nearly two decades, the economy has been performing below par, the quality of life has deteriorated, and the government has not confronted the public problems that concern citizens most. In this provocative book, Alice Rivlin offers a straightforward, nontechnical look at the issues threatening the American dream and proposes a solution: restructure responsibilities between the federal and state government. Under her plan, the federal government would eliminate most of its programs in education, housing, highways, social services, economic development, and job training, enabling it to move the federal budget from deficit toward surplus. States would pick up these responsibilities, carrying out a "productivity agenda" to revitalize the American economy. Common shared taxes would give the state adequate revenues to carry out their tasks and would reduce intrastate competition and disparities. The federal government would be freer to deal with increasingly complex international issues and would retain responsibility for programs requiring national uniformity. A primary federal job would be the reform of health care financing to ensure control of costs and to mandate basic insurance coverage for everyone. Published in the summer of 1992, Reviving the American Dream was read by presidential candidate Bill Clinton; by year's end, President Clinton appointed its author, Alice Rivlin, as deputy budget director. Today, the ideal in Rivlin's book—and Rivlin herself—are having an impact inside the administration. Selected as one of Choice magazine's Outstanding Books of 1993

Reviving the American Dream exposes the paradox of the 1980's excessive regulations on the American investment function, converting it from a free market economy to a corporate market economy. Therefore, after thirty years of this corporate market monopoly, we now have today, the "New Normal" aEUR" low growth, low labor participation, low wages, low interest rates, and low American moral. This American nightmare was expressed by our youth with their protest, "Occupy Wall Street". We can reverse this nightmare to the American dream by returning the competitive elements to the free market economy for the American investment function.

DECLARE YOUR GREATNESS Americans have always had the sense they are destined to the best or first at everything they do. We think that because that is how our great nation started. America's founders had a knack at making history because so many of their achievements as individuals and collectively as a nation had never been seen before by humankind. James Madison said it best, "We are in a wilderness without a single footstep to guide us." Madison and his contemporaries were the greatest group of individuals placed in one place at one time ever. They were true trailblazers in every sense. The first Americans designed a government in which they had faith and trust in; developed a sense of omnipotence and that anything is possible; believed that the New World had unlimited resources and opportunities; and they were the first to realize they were endowed by their Creator with the Independence Instinct. With these four Universal Thematic Principles of the American Dream, the United States of America has become the greatest nation the world has ever known. It is not even close. Then something happened. America has bounced from one disaster to another the past 55 years or so and most doubt the revival of the American Dream is possible. The good news is America's great successes have left tracks in the wilderness Madison spoke of in 1787. America's founders refused to accept the oppression of George III. Modern Americans can refuse to accept history's verdict that America has risen and now must fall. Declaring Greatness: Themes That Transforms Our Destiny offers a historic perspective and how-to guide for Americans to revive the American Dream in all its glory. This requires personal transformation and affirmative decisions by everyone to follow the Creator's Grand Design so we all can Declare Greatness! Phil Sutton, D.B.A. Dr. Phillip B. Sutton has dedicated his life to the enhancement of Human Rights, World Democratization and assisting others improve their lives and achieve their Divine Destiny all over the world. Phil is the Founder and President/CEO of the Sutton Viewpoint Center, Co-Founder of the Africa Project and a Global Ambassador for the United Nations. SVC is a Public Policy Education & Advocacy Nonprofit Organization and publishes a twice weekly e-Magazine. Phil authors or co-authors more than ten articles a week on a variety of public policy topics and attained renown as an expert in several areas.

Reviving the American Dream exposes the paradox of the 1980's excessive regulations on the American investment function, converting it from a free market economy to a corporate market economy. Therefore, after thirty years of this corporate market monopoly, we now have today, the "New Normal"-low growth, low labor participation, low wages, low interest rates, and low American moral. This American nightmare was expressed by our youth with their protest, "Occupy Wall Street." We can reverse this nightmare to the American dream by returning the competitive elements to the free market economy for the American investment function.

Completely updated edition of one of the classic works of conservative literature Long before the advent of conservative talk radio and Fox News, Robert Ringer was an outspoken advocate for the cause of freedom and free enterprise. In this classic work–updated for the 21st century–Ringer’s basic premise is that liberty must be given a higher priority than all other objectives. The economic and political calamity that he warned about in the late seventies is now upon us, and his new edition of Restoring the American Dream is sure to resonate with the feelings of today’s angry voters. In his book, Ringer explains that: • The American Dream is not about increased government benefits and government-created “rights,” but, rather, about individualism, self responsibility, and freedom–including the freedom to succeed or fail on one’s own • The barbarians are not at the gates; they are already inside • Ordinary citizens no longer tell their elected officials what to do. Rather, government tells them what to do–and backs it up with force • The desire of people to band together to bring about quick, short term solutions to their problems through government intervention has perpetuated a cycle that has nearly destroyed the American Dream With Washington continuing to expand government power and spending at a record pace, Restoring the American Dream is a voice of sanity in a world gone mad.