Red or Blue? This Book is 4 U! [Kindle Edition]

Bob Jackson (Author)

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Product Description

Washington is Divided, Broke, Broken, and Dysfunctional This book is a plan that you, the reader, can actually take action to improve your government. The country is already politically divided between Blue States and Red States with a small number of swing states that are sometimes Red and sometimes Blue. The book describes the problems with the federal government and why most people believe that our federal government will only deteriorate further with time. Total collapse of the government is considered a major possibility. I suggest in the book that there is a peaceful and workable plan that acknowledges the great national division. The separation of the country along philosophical lines producing two new sovereign countries is detailed. "Live and let live" is a main theme of this book. It is proposed that the states call for a constitutional convention in accordance with the US Constriction’s amendment process. This convention would draft an amendment that would divide the United States into two new sovereign countries, one with Red priorities and one with Blue priorities. Each new country would start with the current US Constitution, national laws and precedents. After ratification of the amendment each new country would modify laws and make new laws without the objection or concurrence of the other new country. The book discusses how the proposed amendment would be implemented along with how the change would affect most of the current federal issues. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obama Care, Immigrations, Taxes, education and many other issues are all presented. This book is a guide not to fix Washington but actually to make it irrelevant! This book is truly written for you and your friends – Pass it on.

About the Author

About the author: Bob Jackson was born in 1939 in Southern New Jersey. Raised on a small poultry farm Bob became an entrepreneur at the early age of eight and he has had private business involvement ever since. He has a BS in Metallurgical Engineering (Lehigh 1961), A MS in Industrial Management (RPI 1968) and is registered professional engineer. Bob is an innovative (12 patents) and broadly diversified businessman both domestically and internationally. He is experienced in building naval and commercial nuclear reactors, general manufacturing, international trade, the freight railroad industry and many other fields. Bob has been an active civic leader for years with activities such as CETA, JTPA, PIC, Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis, and the Boy Scouts of America and more. Bob is an eagle scout and has held many leadership posts. From 1985 to 1993 Bob designed and implemented an enterprise zone for the city of Benton Harbor, Mi which elevated the city from severe distress to one of the fastest growing cities in the US. Bob now lives in Texarkana, TX, is married to his lovely wife, Barbara, and has three successful sons and two granddaughters. He is CEO of Jackson International, inc. with manufacturing plants in Constantine, MI and Texarkana, AR.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 1036 KB
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005XORPZQ
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars A thoughtful and fascinating book, November 13, 2011

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Beth Cody "classical libertarian book addict" (Iowa City, IA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red or Blue? This Book is 4 U! (Paperback)

Since no one else has reviewed this book here, I will write a lengthier review than usual.

Red or Blue? is a thoughtful and bold plan to resolve the many difficulties that plague our political system. Mr. Jackson asserts that our government is broken (and broke) because there is a near 50-50 split between Red and Blue political philosophies, resulting in gridlock and unhappiness on both sides. We are essentially two nations fighting over control of one government, each trying to impose our ideas on the other group.

Consequently, Mr. Jackson proposes a Constitutional amendment to peacefully separate the U.S. into two nations: A Blue Country made up of the west coast, Nevada, Wisconsin, Illinois and every state east of those two; and a Red Country made up of the remaining southern, midwestern, western and southwestern states.

He provides comprehensive details of how the amendment could be implemented, the transition process to maintain stability, the period of five years in which Americans would hold dual citizenship and be able to move freely between countries, the division of assets (including population) and liabilities (including the national debt, divided on a population basis), international and military issues, currency and energy resource issues.

He also speculates how each new nation might handle issues such as health care, Social Security and other entitlement programs, immigration, energy and the issuance of money. He does admit that there would still be political divisiveness within the new nations (think libertarian and cultural conservative Rs, or moderate and far-left Ds), although each country's individuals would mostly agree on the main issue of limited government vs. expanded government.

I found it particularly interesting that Mr. Jackson's interviews with his wide circle of Red and Blue friends showed that each group is utterly convinced that their own nation would be so clearly superior in every way that there would be a flood of migration that would overwhelm their nation. He analyzes voting records to convincingly debunk this fear.

While it is obvious that Mr. Jackson is fairly conservative in his own political beliefs, and cannot help making often-clumsy generalizations about Red and Blue philosophies (what about libertarians?), he makes a respectable effort to remain neutral, reminding us numerous times that both Blue and Red sides have good reason to believe that the country would be better off if their philosophy prevailed. (And indeed, most people are happier living under the system they believe is best.)

Mr. Jackson, whose resume is included in an appendix, is an experienced business owner and civic leader (note: I do not know him personally), and he comes across as a reasonable man with well-reasoned ideas. (Although he could have used an editor to fix some small errors and repetitive language, as well as a better font and layout of his self-published book.)

Unfortunately, if anyone actually reads his book, he will undoubtedly be labeled a radical, right-wing nutcase for his ideas. But it is becoming increasingly clear that the U.S. cannot (and probably should not) remain intact. The political divisiveness and sheer size of our nation, not to mention the fatal flaws in our political system which encourage corruption by special interests and consequent runaway spending, make separation inevitable. We can only hope that it will occur under peaceful conditions such as those suggested by Mr. Jackson.

A fascinating book.