America's Dying Democracy : Why the Republican and Democratic Parties Can No Longer Serve the People: A Political Treatise

by Porter, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780962537264
• ISBN10: 0962537268
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Phantom Pubns

Summary

America's Dying Democracy is a political treatise by a writer and researcher who has also run for major office and thus has insights which few political observers possess. It is an explanation of how and why the government of the United States has wandered significantly from its birth as a democracy to become little more than the servant of the special interests which control it-control it to the point where it no longer primarily serves the interests of its people and where its misuse may actually endanger the world. But this treatise offers more than merely decrying the withering of the American democracy. Unlike other works which do only that, this one offers a possible course of action by which America's democracy might be restored not just to the benefit of the American people, but to the benefit of a world which has reached a critical juncture in its own survival. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Steven Porter is a retired educator who has a B.S., M.A., Ph.D., and P.D. degrees in fine arts and educational administration. He has run for both state and congressional office as a Democrat and is now running for Congress as an independent. He has published over 20 books and over 125 works for the stage and concert hall.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Distillation Article	p. ix
Introduction	p. xv
Conditions	p. 1
Premise	p. 3
The decline of American public education	p. 6
The consolidation of American media	p. 9
Buckley vs. Valeo	p. 14
Issues	p. 19
The 2006 elections, Iraq, and impeachment	p. 21
Oil, energy, and global climate	p. 31
Health care	p. 35
Social Security and tax reform	p. 41
Other issues	p. 46
Trade	p. 47
Illegal immigration	p. 50
Stem cell research	p. 51
Solutions	p. 53
Footnotes and References	p. 59
For Part I	p. 61
For Part II	p. 64
For Part III	p. 74
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