Reclaiming Liberty [Hardcover]

James Ronald Kennedy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 31, 2005

Blueprint for a "Liberty-Based Society." The present movement toward an all-powerful government is approaching exhaustion. Recognizing that special interests-both liberal and conservative-participating in the spoils of the system have failed to defend Americans' personal freedoms, James Ronald Kennedy has issued a call to action. By following these steps, modern Americans can establish a "Liberty-Based Society" and recapture a Jacksonian democracy in which everyone enjoys the rights and prosperity envisioned by our forefathers. Mr. Kennedy presents workable solutions, supported by our original Constitution, to combat runaway taxation, federal interference, welfare abuse, and other current societal ills. He offers historical evidence to support his conviction that all Americans will benefit, grow, and prosper in an audacious new society that encourages personal accountability, self-determinism, and individual ambition.

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We can no longer afford to depend upon incumbent politicians, party hacks, and business-as-usual conservative leaders to defend our personal freedoms. The past one hundred years have been disastrous for constitutional rights in America. Direct and indirect taxation now consume more than 60 percent of our income--we are no longer the land of the free but have become a land of tax serfs. Government interference in our social life has grown from almost nothing in 1900 to almost overwhelming today. Over the past century America’s politicians transformed the U.S.A. from the land of individual liberty and personal accountability to a land of socialist feudalism.

Recognizing that special interests--both liberal and conservative--participating in the spoils of our current government have failed to defend Americans’ personal freedoms, James Ronald Kennedy has issued this call to action. By following these steps, modern Americans can establish a "Liberty-Based Society" and recapture a Jacksonian democracy in which everyone enjoys the rights and prosperity envisioned by our forefathers. Mr. Kennedy presents workable solutions, supported by our original Constitution, to combat runaway taxation, federal interference, welfare abuse, and other current societal ills. He offers historical evidence to support his conviction that all Americans will benefit, grow, and prosper in an audacious new society that encourages personal accountability, self-determinism, and individual ambition.

Any American interested in change can use this grass-roots political method to peacefully and legally overthrow the current liberal/socialist system and replace it with a Liberty-Based Society.

From the Inside Flap

Coauthor of the best-selling Why Not Freedom! presents a blueprint for a Liberty-Based Society. Recognizing that incumbent politicians, party hacks, and business-as-usual conservative leaders have failed to defend Americans' personal freedoms, James Ronald Kennedy has issued this call to action. By following the steps outlined in Reclaiming Liberty, modern Americans can establish a "Liberty-Based Society" and recapture a Jacksonian democracy. Imagine an America in which everyone enjoys the rights and prosperity envisioned by our forefathers. A Liberty-Based Society is one where citizens labor to build personal wealth--not swell tax coffers--and where the deserving poor can find immediate relief in their own communities--without a bloated national welfare system. Local politicians would be directly accountable to their neighbors--not professional lobbyists and special-interest groups. Mr. Kennedy presents workable solutions, supported by our original Constitution, to combat runaway taxation, federal interference, welfare abuse, and other current societal ills. He offers historical evidence to support his conviction that all Americans will benefit, grow, and prosper in an audacious new society that encourages personal accountability, self-determinism, and individual ambition. Reclaiming Liberty also features a foreword by Walter Donald Kennedy. As an author and historian, James Ronald Kennedy is dedicated to both the restoration of the individual freedoms--and responsibilities--granted by America's Constitution and the enforcement of state and local government. Mr. Kennedy frequently collaborates with his twin brother, Walter Donald Kennedy. Together, they wrote the best-selling political histories Why Not Freedom! America's Revolt Against Big Government and The South Was Right! While promoting his books and ideas, Mr. Kennedy has participated in hundreds of radio and television interviews and spoken at numerous conferences and meetings. James Ronald Kennedy, born in Copiah County, Mississippi, received a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisiana, Monroe, and a master's in health administration from Tulane University. Currently the vice-president of a Louisiana insurance company, he lives with his wife in Mandeville, Louisiana. Other books by the Kennedy brothers available at www.pelicanpub.com: The South Was Right! The South Was Right! Audiocassette Was Jefferson Davis Right? Why Not Freedom! America's Revolt Against Big Government Myths of American Slavery (by Walter Donald Kennedy)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 344 pages
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing; First edition (March 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589802756
• ISBN-13: 978-1589802759
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,358,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Important Work, August 4, 2005

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Paul C (Cayce, South Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reclaiming Liberty (Hardcover)

If you have found yourself concerned, perplexed, and/or outraged with our ever-expanding, over-taxing, constitutional-disregarding government, then this book is like sweet manna from heaven. Kennedy clearly set forth the problems and offers sensible solutions. This is a MUST READ for anyone who hungers for liberty and is disillusioned with the constitution lip-service from our elected representatives. It is time to return to the liberty based society for which our ancestors fought, reject any further erosion of our unalienable rights, and secure these rights by any and all honorable means for future generations...

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reclaiming Liberty, August 17, 2005

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Robert G. Holland Jr. "Southern Patriot" (Seattle WA. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reclaiming Liberty (Hardcover)

This book lays out the problems with our Federal Government and practical things that we (as citizens) can do, to bring our government back into the mold of what our founding fathers created. I highly recommend it.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Truly moving, August 1, 2005

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Kevin P. Seiler "Little Sorrel" (the great C.S.A. not so great Fla) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reclaiming Liberty (Hardcover)

This book tells the truth of what the government is really about, all need to read it and keep an open mind on the subjects in the book. Our freedoms are going away and no one is doing nothing about it. I will tell you this, I rather die, then give up any more freedom!