Fixing America's Broken Politics: Common sense solutions to the issues that divide us (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780615629469)

After a career in business and journalism, Joe Smyth is convinced that America's greatness is being destroyed by a powerful ruling class of government bureaucrats, ego- and money-driven politicians, fat cat special interest lobbyists, and agenda-pushing media. With common sense, plain talk and down-to-earth writing, this book tells how regular citizens can regain power and once again give the USA "a government of, for, and by the people". Joe was born and spent his first 12 years in a tiny railroad town (Renovo PA), lived and worked in Delaware's state capital (Dover) for 25 years, and now resides in Arizona. He and his wife (and high school sweetheart), Madonna, have 6 children and 20 grandchildren. Long interested in citizenship, Joe was the founding president of the Valley Citizens League, a non-partisan civic group in Arizona. He also served on an Education Reform Task Force that led to Arizona becoming a national leader in school choice and charter schools. Joe was a political reporter and later the editor and publisher of Delaware's state capital daily newspaper, the Delaware State News. He currently serves as chairman of Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA (INI). The views expressed in this book are entirely his own, and do not reflect the views of INI.