*Signed* A Simple Government by Mike Huckabee (2011, Hardcover) Politics

Description: *Signed* A Simple Government by Mike Huckabee (2011, Hardcover) Politics Condition is Like New. Think Brand New minus the shrinkwrap. No faults at all. This is a signed edition. This will be packed very carefully and shipped US Media Mail with Tracking. We are happy to combine items to save you money on shipping. For example, we can send you three typical CDs for the price of 1. Just put your selection in your shopping cart and press the Request Total button (top right) and we will get back to you with the lowest combined shipping price. Remember Media Mail starts at $4.63 for the first pound weight (or fraction), but then only 75 cents for each additional pound (or fraction). And visit our sister store on eBay (GutenburgReads) to see the more than 700 interesting items we are selling. From the back cover: MIKE HUCKABEE'S COMMON SENSE ON... OBAMACARE: "Who will get rationed? Well, the very old and the very young, obviously, the most helpless and vulnerable among us. But it will also be those who don't live politicaily correct lives-those who have too many cigarettes or cocktails or cans of soda. 'Death by Chocolate' won't just be a cute name on the dessert menu." EDUCATION: "Our education system reminds me of the people movers in airports. Our children get on in kindergarten and get moved along through high school. When they stumble, no one stops the conveyor belt. They just keep moving from one grade to the next, falling further and further behind. It's time that our states hit the emergency button and give those who fall the practical help they need, not a phony diploma to commemorate a wasted trip." LOCAL GOVERNMENT: "If you run a family, you know everyone you're responsible for governing. You know what they need and what they don't. You know what you can afford. What if some stranger came to your house one day and said he'd take care of running your family for you in exchange for a certain amount of your income? You'd have a say in the matter, but he'd also be in charge of a few other families who also get a vote. Would you trust him?" OUR POSITION IN THE WORLD: "According to President Obama, America is just one nation among many, and we haven't achieved, and don't stand for, anything special. Then why are we the only nation with such a staggering illegal immigration problem? When other nations put walls and guards on their borders, it's to keep people from leaving. When we do so, it's to keep them from flooding in." HOPE FOR OUR FUTURE: "This country was brilliantly designed by its founders to be a kind of giant self-cleaning oven. When things gunk up the parts and dirty up the works, it's time to turn on the self-cleaning function. Then the heat is raised to a level above any temperature ever used for cooking. All of the dross of leftover food and debris is turned into charred ashes. The oven door is opened; that which remains is easily wiped clean." From the front flyleaf: U.S. $26.95 Canada $33.50 "We need a simple government. Don't get me wrong; I know that many of the nation's problems are highly complex. But I also know that the governing principles that can solve them, if we work together, are simple." Armed with little money but a lot of common sense, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee surprised the nation by coming in second during the 2008 Republican presidential primaries. He connected with millions of voters by calling for a smaller, simpler government that would get out of the way when appropriate. (Unfortunately, there weren't quite enough of those voters to prevent the election of Barack Obama.) Since then, President Obama's message has morphed from "hope and change" to "tax and spend" and "borrow and spend" and "overregulate and spend." The stimulus failed to stop the recession, the deficit exploded to unimaginable heights, and the Democrats jammed through a financial "reform" bill that didn't really reform anything and a health-care monstrosity that gave the government more power over our personal lives than ever. Meanwhile, Huckabee has continued to be the voice of common sense conservatism through his television talk show, his radio commentaries, and his lectures around the country. Now he's written a book that sums up the twelve things we really need from Washington to get the country back on the right track. These twelve essential truths will have you nodding in agreement whether you're a Republican, an Independent, or even an open-minded Democrat. They can help us put aside our differences, tone down the par- tisan rancor, and return to the simple principles of the Founding Fathers: liberty, justice, personal freedom, and civic virtue. And they can help us tackle even the most seemingly complicated of today's problems. For instance: • You can't spend what you don't have; you can't borrow what you can't pay back. Families, businesses, towns, cities, and states all have to balance their budgets or face dire consequences. Why shouldn't the federal government be held to the same standard? . . . By the way: Welcome to the new ebay storefront for The Shepherd's Center of Winston-Salem. The store will be operated by experienced ebay sellers who have been selling some of our best donations for several years now through their own storefronts. Now we are using these same experienced sellers to sell to you directly. For the philanthropists out there, the vast majority of the items sold by us (Gutenberg Reads and others), are for the benefit of The Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem, whose mission is to help house-bound seniors live full and independent lives in their own homes. 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