{"product_id":"keeping-the-republic-paperback-by-mitch-daniels","title":"Keeping the Republic Paperback by Mitch Daniels","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eSentinel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2012-07-31)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e272\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781595230966\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e267.62\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e21.34 x 13.97 x 1.78\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eUpon leaving the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was  asked what  sort of government the delegates had created. His reply to the crowd: \"A  republic, if you can keep it.\"  Now America's most respected governor  explains  just how close we've come to losing the republic, and how we can restore  it to  greatness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndiana Governor Mitch Daniels has been called \"the most presidential  man in  America.\" He has brought more change to his state in a few years than  most see  in decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring his tenure, Daniels turned a $700 million deficit into a  billion  dollar surplus, balanced Indiana's budget even during the recession,  converted  its once unattractive business climate into one of the strongest for  private  sector job growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Hoosier state is now a model of good and efficient governance.  Its  public sector payroll is now the smallest per capita in the nation. And  yet  services have improved across the board. Even its Bureau of Motor  Vehicles --  the ultimate symbol of dysfunctional bureaucracy - has been rated the  best in  the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaniels has done this by focusing on government's core  responsibilities,  cutting taxes, empowering citizens, and performing what he calls an \"old  tribal  ritual\" - spending less money than his state takes in, while  distinguishing  between skepticism towards big government and hostility towards all  government.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately few politicians have the discipline or courage to follow  his  lead. And worse, many assume that Americans are too  intimidated, gullible or dim-witted to make wise decisions about their  health  care, mortgages, the education of their kids, and other important issues.  The  result has been a steady decline in freedom, as elite government experts  -- \"our  benevolent betters\", in Daniels' phrase -- try to regulate every aspect  of  our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaniels bluntly calls our exploding national debt \"a survival-level  threat to  the America we have known.\"  He shows how our underperforming public  schools  have produced a workforce unprepared to compete with those of other  countries  and ignorant of the requirements of citizenship in a free society. He  lays out  the risk of greatly diminished long term prosperity and the loss of our  position  of world leadership.  He warns that we may lose the uniquely American  promise of  upward mobility for all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut, the good news is that it's not too late to save America.   However, real  change can't be imposed from above. It has to be what he calls \"change  that  believes in you\" -- a belief that Americans, properly informed of the  facts,  will pull together to make the necessary changes and that they are best- equipped  to make the decisions governing their own lives. As he puts it:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I urge great care not to drift into a loss of faith in the American  people.  We must never yield to the self-fulfilling despair that these problems  are  immutable, or insurmountable. Americans are still a people born to  liberty.  Addressed as free-born, autonomous men and women of God-given dignity,  they will  rise yet again to drive back a mortal enemy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMitch Daniels\u003c\/b\u003e was elected Governor of Indiana in 2004 and re- elected in  2008.  He was previously the Director of the Office of Management and  Budget (a  cabinet-level position) under President George W. Bush and a senior aide  to  President Ronald Reagan. He also spent many years in the private sector  as a  senior executive at Eli Lilly and Company and the CEO of one of the  nation's  most influential research centers, the Hudson Institute. He and his wife  Cheri  have four daughters and live in Indianapolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556001796257,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781595230966","price":35.15,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781595230966_bdd9b524-4f2f-4840-9f01-8391c8a201bb.jpg?v=1781803098","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/keeping-the-republic-paperback-by-mitch-daniels","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}