Message from the author
As a proud citizen of the United States, I have become more and more concerned about the size and scope of government. I’m not a politician, I’m not a celebrity, I’m not running for office, I don’t represent anyone or anything nor do I have any interest in any of those pursuits. The fact is that I am pretty much an everyday citizen. If that somehow detracts from your interest in reading this book I am very sorry because the very point of the book is that we everyday citizens have been and will continue to be lost in the shuffle if we don’t increase our participation.
More importantly though, our participation needs to be grounded in an understanding not only about where we are but how and why we got there and what we need to do differently going forward. This book addresses these issues from an everyday citizen’s perspective using factual, everyday examples of why and how the government continues to usurp our freedoms and liberties.
Some of the key issues which are examined in detail in the book are presented below. You can also see several quotes from readers. Thank you very much for visiting this website!
Contents
| Section 1: | It’s Time. . 1 |
| Discover how big and how far removed the government really is from the citizenry | |
| Section 2: | What’s Your Sign?. . 9 |
| Not your astrological sign - the sign that allows government to classify you in order to influence you | |
| Section 3: | A Willing and Able Partner. . 17 |
| It’s not what you think – it’s what you think about | |
| Section 4: | Dependency—Creating It, Controlling It, Expanding It. . 29 |
| Methods, processes and procedures the government uses to assure continued expansion | |
| Section 5: | Representing the Average Citizen?. . 37 |
| How and why the government ignores the average citizen | |
| Section 6: | Control—the Ultimate Weapon. . 47 |
| How control really works in government | |
| Section 7: | Why It Never Changes—Why Average Citizens Always Lose.. 55 |
| Creating and maintaining squeaky wheels | |
| Section 8: | Feeling Manipulated?. . 71 |
| Whether you feel it or not it’s working | |
| Section 9: | You See—It’s All About the Money. . 79 |
| But not the money you think | |
| Section 10: | Patronage and Dependency. . 91 |
| Using your money to promote an agenda against your core values and beliefs | |
| Section 11: | The Language of Deceit. . 97 |
| Government speak; lies, lies, lies | |
| Section 12: | The Greening of the Government and Its Officials. . 107 |
| Imagine investing in a product and then creating laws requiring the use of your product | |
| Section 13: | Options for Actions. . 119 |
| One statistic on government growth = 650% | ||
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We only need to look at ONE statistic to understand how pervasive government growth has become. Since 1970 the population is the United States has grown by just about 48%. Over that same period the government grew at a rate 14 times faster than the population – a whopping 650% compared to that 48%. And the growth legislated over the past year will far surpass 650% going forward. |
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| Why does the government continue to grow despite your protests? | ||
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There are two reasons: first because they control the agenda and second because they have achieved enough control over some segments of the citizenry to be able to demand extrapolate that power over the rest of us. Understanding how these key issues (the power of the agenda and the power over segments of the citizenry) are linked is the key to understanding how and why government will continue to grow unless citizens demand otherwise. |
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| Why are your concerns never on the Government Agenda? | ||
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As an average citizen I always wondered why the solutions to problems that seemed pretty clear to me were never offered or discussed by the government. This book explores why. |
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| Why you cant’ talk to your (child, sibling, spouse, friend) about politics? | ||
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If you have ever wondered why you can’t even begin a political discussion, let alone have a civil political discussion with otherwise important people in your life, this book will give you the answer. |
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| Why every politicians #1 priority (EDUCATION) continues to fail? | ||
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Yes the priorities do change from time to time – jobs are a current priority as is security, but those are temporary priorities. Throughout my lifetime I have listened to every single politician discuss education as their #1 priority. Even when jobs are a priority the discussion always seems to get back to education. So why does education continue to fail (by the governments own measures) when it is every politicians priority and has been for the last 40 years? You will understand exactly why when you read “Citizen to Citizen”. |
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| Why cap and trade is even more dangerous than government run health care. | ||
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If you understand government growth and exactly how and why it happens, you will understand why a proposal such as Cap and Trade is even on the nations agenda. The fact that we are having open debate about the pure and unadulterated seizure of our freedoms, liberties and fortunes demonstrates the power in controlling the nations agenda. The fact that we have an issue as pervasive as cap and trade on the agenda is indicative of the governments thirst for complete control of everything and everyone.
Citizen to Citizen explores the implications of that control, the methods the government uses to establish control of the agenda, and the government partners and dependents who are complicit in that control. |
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