By The People, For The People: American Politics. A lost cause? Or A Time For Change? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781539682820)

I represent the average and quit frankly fed up American citizen, who just tries to get by while securing some sort of future for myself and my family. Like so many others, I grow tired of how so many of these "professional politicians" are taking advantage of us, the American people.

I grew up young, my father dying before I was 12 years old, mowing lawns to pay bills when I was a kid, not to buy tons of toys, but to pay bills. I have sacked groceries, was a residential glass glazier, artist, been in all levels of management, helped those in need, done manual labor, made my share of mistakes, been a small business owner, a writer and someone who doesn't know what the future will bring. The point being, I am not a professional politician, I am me, I am you and I am your neighbor.

Our founding fathers did not foresee the bastardization of their vision, I truly believe that in my heart of hearts. We as citizens of this wonderful country have allowed those we have elected and put into positions as public servants to circumvent our founding fathers wishes, dreams and goals.

The time has come for drastic and sweeping changes. I don't profess to have all the answers but I am willing to put pen to paper and make some radical suggestions, that if implemented, I feel will give back power to the everyday person. Empowering them to truly hold their futures in their hands. No longer being the tools for the 1% and their mouth pieces on the hill.

Our government has become so overburdened by useless and ineffective laws. With the way the system is set up, it is nearly impossible to remove or change laws. We The People should be able to affect the changes that need to be affected, to reduce clutter and nonsense in our governmental system, because at the end of the day We The People are the ones that have to live with those bad laws. It should be easier to remove or change a law than it is to enact a law and it is not that way.

I have taken the time to actually make some strong suggestions on sweeping changes in many areas, I am not just complaining about issues, I am taking the time and effort to suggest workable courses of action to resolve the issues. Or try my best to give good sound ideas that can be built upon for the needed change.

In this book some of the subjects I discuss are; The use of political surrogates in the news, partisan politics, use of the filibuster, voter turnout, the economic divide, use of riders, accountability in government, voter resources, internet voting and the use of technology for the purpose of voting, federal and state assistance, employer responsibilities, voter security, language barriers, veterans and active service members and better serving their needs, term limits, limiting politicians pay and perks, special interest money and gifts, lobbying and new policies governing the lobbying machine, equal representation for every state, Americans expectations of government, the Electoral College, making laws and giving citizens more control, limiting state of emergency laws, state and municipal legislation and making the removal and change of laws much easier, as well as a whole host of other topics.