Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America - Political Strategy Book for Conservative Leaders & Policy Makers | Perfect for Campaign Planning, Political Debates & American Ideology Studies
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In the twenty-first century, America could be destroyed.The dangers are manifold: Terrorism. Judges who think they’re God (and who are anti-God). Rising economic challenges from China and India. Immigrants and young Americans who know little about American history and values. Can America survive? Yes, says Newt Gingrich, and we as Americans can do more: We can create a safer, more prosperous, and healthier America for our children and grandchildren. How? By enacting a 21st Century Contract with America. When he was Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich issued his first Contract with America. What was the result? Sweeping reform that shocked Washington and spurred an economic recovery for the nation, including: the first major tax cut in sixteen years; real, lasting welfare reform; and four years of balanced budgets. But the challenges now are even starker, and Newt is back with a new plan for American greatness. The challenges of the 21st Century are great, says Newt Gingrich, but so are the opportunities. The decisions we make over the next four years will determine our future. And no book can be more important for making the right choices than Newt Gingrich’s national bestseller Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America.
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The only pseudo-candidate with an agenda.We all know who Newt Gingrich is, and what he stands for. This book, then, is more of a clarifier and a source of talking points than a proselyting tract, although it does serve this purpose in a secondary sense.What drew to this book is that Mr. Speaker first, correctly identifies the socio-poltico-economic problems, and, better yet, offers concrete, sound, and sensible solutions to these problems. This contrasts with the Democrats, who are the reactionary party as opposed to a loyal opposition, or the Neo-cons who are wannabe Democrats.The key difference between Mr. Speaker and the Democrat-Neocons is statism. In all areas, except defense, Gingrich is for a smaller, leaner government, and following the Tenth Amendment by devolving powers back to the states and the people respectively.As to defense, Gingrich understands three things. First, there is a difference between a conservative position, a libertarian position, and an anarchist position. As Federalist 23 says, "These [war] powers ought to exist without limitation, because it is impossible to foresee or to define the extent and variety of national exigencies, and the correspondent extent and variety of the means which may be necessary to satisfy them. The circumstances that endanger the safety of nations are infinite, and for this reason no constitutional shackles can wisely be imposed on the power to which the care of it is committed. This power ought to be coextensive with all the possible combinations of such circumstances; and ought to be under the direction of the same councils which are appointed to preside over the common defense." When we are paying more in Social Security than we are in defense, we are just asking for what we are going to get.Second, we cannot be relighting World War II with lumbering battlewagons and the American Expeditionary Forces making bloody beachheads. This word is a techo-war with different fronts and different beachheads. We need to restructure the military accordingly.Thirdly, we will be fighting this war for a long time. As he calls it, it is the Long War with the Irreconcilable Branch of Islam. When we fought with the Nazis and the Soviets, we had the under-girding culture of Germany and Russian to connect with. We have no similar under-girding, Western-Christian culture to connect with. This war is not just about terrorism, but the value system that breeds terrorism.As to everything else, Speaker Newt is a futurist, which is exactly the type of person we need right now. So give his book a chance, and think hard. We have no guarantee that America will continue in the same way it has continued for two centuries. We need to take intelligent action to preserve our liberties. So think about it.
