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The Two Percent Solution: Fixing America's Problems In Ways Liberals And Conservatives Can Love Hardcover – September 3, 2003

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Suppose someone told you that for just two cents on the national dollar we could have a country where everyone had health insurance, full-time workers earned a living wage, poor children had great teachers in fixed-up schools, and politicians no longer had to grovel to wealthy donors. And suppose that when we were done, government would still be smaller than it was when Ronald Reagan was president. If you're like most people, you'd probably think that for two cents on the dollar this sounds like an intriguing deal. But 2 percent of America's GDP is more than 200 billion a year--way beyond what politicians in Washington think is possible.

Between our proper intuition that 2 percent is a small amount, and the Washington consensus that a 2 percent shift in priorities is beyond imagining, lies the opportunity to transform American politics. In this agenda-setting book, Matthew Miller challenges our country (and those who would lead it) to change the way we think about our public responsibilities before the baby boomers' retirement siphons all the money out of the system. The Two Percent Solution is a call to arms that no serious candidate, Republican or Democrat, can afford to ignore.
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  • Sharon V. Richardson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, thought provoking book
    Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2010
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    I heard the author interviewed many years ago, and finally got around to reading the book. The author made many excellent suggestions, and it's a shame that we are so wrapped up in partisan politics that we cannot take advantage of them. Also a shame that the Democrats are beholden to the unions and the Republicans beholden to the corporations and the wealthy, so no one looks after the average voter. Still, I wish every politician in Washington would read this book and take a stand for or against the recommendations...and if they're against, make a better one.
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  • Michael H
    4.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing and balanced
    Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2013
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    The author is a democrat but not a hard nosed partisan. I thought he did a nice job explaining the issues and who he talked to and how he found common ground.
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  • michael o.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2018
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    brilliant analysis. things have changed politically since then, but his main points endure
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  • Barron Laycock
    5.0 out of 5 stars Profound Book Concerning Contemporary Socioeconomic Issues!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2004
    One is always delighted to find such a thought-provoking and daring book as this one by noted author and NPR analyst Matthew Miller. It is thought-provoking along the lines of other recent tomes such as "Rogue Nation" in carefully delineating the manifest fashions in which the current Bush economic approach undermine some of the most deeply cherished aspects of American society, and daring in the sense that like other recent works such as "The Soul Of Capitalism", the author reaches beyond his grasp to attempt to find some answers of the most enduring and vexing problems facing contemporary society. And, by locating the fundamental malaise within the political and economic orbit of crony capitalism and its running dogs of politics, he illustrates how corrupted politicians serving the interests of the power elite repeatedly foist "cutting-edge" short term solutions which not only do not help, but instead makes matters terribly worse over the longer run.
    Therefore, the author argues quite persuasively on behalf of the idea that we could dig our way out of this downward spiral we seem to be riding over the last dozen years or so, by simply dedicating two percent of the total tax revenue exclusively toward solving the most pressing and critical looming financial problems facing the polity over the next several decades; universal health care, equal education, and livable wages, by acting to avert the catastrophe of baby-boomer pensions, the social security debacle, and the profound loss of American working class jobs that both the Congress and President seem to be determine to not only ignore, but to exacerbate with their short-sighted political machinations. His basic solution amount to the following equation: fund all the bright young kids to ensure their full education and incorporation into the work force, and doing so will produce the kind of traditional American genius and sustained innovative capability the country needs to continue its economic expansion and the kind of substantial job growth we will need to fund the baby boomers in their retirement. And while one may not agree with the accuracy of the simple equation (I personally think it is necessary but not sufficient), it is indeed hard to argue with the well-documented arguments he foists against the kinds of mind-boggling perfidy that characterizes what passes for current economic policy.
    One of the most straight-forward aspects of his argument is his plain-spoken assertion that the politicians of both the right and the left have dissembled and prevaricated with us about what is possible politically, or about to the degree to which they have been co-opted and corrupted by the extraordinary demands of funding for re-elections. And, in what is truly an argument one finds hard to assail or question based on its substantial documentation, Miller then proceeds to show us how the investment of just two percent of all this tax funding can right so many of the enduring and persistent social problems in this country. In addressing the patently cynical approach of the Bush administration toward education, the author illustrates just how flawed and failed a policy the "No Child Left Behind" notion truly is, and why it is certain to do exactly the opposite of what it states. The worst aspect of this is that with some intelligence and innovation, similar amounts of money correctly applied could help to turn the situation around. By centering on how mediocre teaching skills and practices are profoundly mortgaging the potential progress for our children, he shows just how indemnifying the current educational policy is for the future.
    Similarly, he indicts the current approach toward both pensions and social security, which he cites a bevy of reasons for the current counterproductive and solipsistic world-view of the situation, and how everything from the petty political prerogatives undermine any serious attempt to correct the course of the ship of state in time to avoid a looming financial crash on the shoals of exponentially rising demands on the available financial capital. In all of this he repeatedly draws the lines to illustrate how the media has failed to inform and engage the public in discussions regarding these quite fundamental and increasingly critical issues. By striving more to entertain than to edify the public, they have acted in concert with the poltiical structure to obviate the truth, which the author is somehow quite optimistic about, given his belief that the public is becoming more interested and more sophisticated, and more able and more likely to begin much more serious active intervention in the poltiical end-game. This is indeed an important and worthwhile book, and one all of us should read and discuss for the benefit of the country and ourselves. Enjoy!
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  • finance trader
    3.0 out of 5 stars A little naive
    Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2003
    What struck me was how tries to sound sensible, while coming across (to me at least) as incredibly naive. He just had the innocent attitude of "Can't we all just get along (and solve our problems)"? There is a reason that lobbyists are the fastest growing thing in the Washington swamp (read The Power Game). There is a reason that special interest groups are able to mold the debate, (read Demosclerosis). There is a reason that the media push an agenda (read The Gods of Antenna). All three are great books. The Spending Interests all migrate to Washington, or your state capitol or courthouse, each with his own sob story. Why? Because like an old bank robber once said, "That's where the money is." Every year, brings another "crisis", another "problem", another agency that won't go away, another unkillable program. Layer upon layer upon layer, more paperwork, and paid-off constituents, and more sclerosis. Of course old liberals and new compassionate conservatives are just willing to hand over the money, as long as its YOURS, and not their own. Listening to Mr. Miller, and knowing just a little about the policy debates, surely he knows the Law of Unintended Consequences, especially when government programs come along. Once we install the programs he advocates, what is to prevent them from mushrooming like previous programs? Go see what the original projections were for Medicare for example, and just look at it now. Mr. Miller sensibly said there would be caps. Oh sure, I believe him. But in a few years, those caps just happen to disappear!! Amazing to see this magic act, but it happens all the time in government. The benefitted class squawks the loudest, and gets the most grease.
    Mr. Miller said that "two cents on the dollar" means two percent of our $11 trillion national income (gross domestic product, or GDP), which is $220 billion a year. And that this could solve our health insurance problem, end poverty, etc. I hate to break it to Mr. Miller, but $220 billion is just about 10% of our federal budget, and he thinks he can solve those problems with that little amount. Trust me, it will take more, much more.
    We all know about the Social Security/Medicare/Unfunded Liability problems. We are very good at ignoring problems, or just put them on the credit card. Nothing happens until there is a crisis, until you hit rock bottom. But even here, at this point in time, I am not so sure.
    To give a perfect, current, example about this: When 9/11 occurred, everyone said how it changed "everything". On this topic alone, I look around and I see no unity on anything. And this is with NYC attacked, the Pentagon attacked, and only some brave souls saving the final target of the US Capitol. In terms of the policy debate, what exactly has changed? We have done little about our borders, and our pilots are still undefended. We have "serious" candidates for President who cannot say what they would do about terrorism, and even equivocate about what to do about terrorist supporting nations such as Afghanistan and Iraq. Remember, WE were attacked. And our response to this is . . . .? They hit NYC and the Pentagon!! I shudder to think what our response would be if they target Upper Podunk in flyover country. Now Mr. Miller says we should all agree on schools? on healthcare? ROFLMAO.
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  • John
    4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read
    Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2013
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    This book was very interesting to read. It contained a lot of good solutions that many would refuse to face simply because of party affiliation.
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