Positively American : Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time

• Autore: Schumer Chuck
• Pubblicazione: Gordonsville : , : Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale, , 2007; ©2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 pages)
• Disciplina: 324.2736
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 2001-2009
• Altri autori: SquadronDaniel
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- The 50% Solution -- Contents -- To the Reader -- Part 1: Meet the Baileys -- Chapter 1: Victory? -- Chapter 2: It's the Middle Class, Stupid -- Chapter 3: The Fonz -- Chapter 4: Ohio 4 Bush -- Chapter 5: Trust -- Chapter 6: Brave New World -- Chapter 7: Eight Words -- Part 2: The 50% Solution -- Chapter 8: The Kitchen Table Compact -- Chapter 9: Increase Reading and Math Scores by 50% -- Chapter 10: Reduce Property Taxes That Fund Education by 50% -- Chapter 11: Increase the Number of College Graduates by 50% -- Chapter 12: Reduce Illegal Immigration by at Least 50% and Increase Legal Immigration by Up to 50% -- Chapter 13: Reduce Our Dependence on Foreign Oil by 50% -- Chapter 14: Reduce Cancer Mortality by 50% -- Chapter 15: Reduce Childhood Obesity by 50% -- Chapter 16: Reduce Abortions by 50% -- Chapter 17: Cut Children's Access to Internet Pornography by at Least 50% -- Chapter 18: Reduce Tax Evasion and Avoidance by 50% -- Chapter 19: Increase Our Ability to Fight Terrorism by 50% -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Authors -- Copyright.
• Sommario/riassunto: New York's popular senior senator, who won reelection by the largest margin in the state's history, offers a bold plan for change in the Democratic party. As the results of the last presidential election played out, it became clear that while Democrats call themselves the party of the middle, the middle class does not consider the Democrats their party. Now, Chuck Schumer, who has gained national prominence as the head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and as a member of the Finance Committee, offers his plan for capturing the middle-class vote and moving his party back into the majority. Democrats can accomplish this, the senator explains, without abandoning their traditional principles. Schumer envisions a hypothetical, average middle-class American family--he thinks of them as "The Baileys"--who spend "as much time talking about the cost of cornflakes as the cost of the national debt." He then details specific proposals he believes would keep America safe, secure, and on top, and support the aspirations of a prosperous and growing middle class, while also speaking to anxieties created in a world changed by technology and globalization.
• Altri titoli varianti: Positively American
• Titolo autorizzato: Positively American
• ISBN: 1-59486-756-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910163885003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II