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This brief, sixty-three-page book, divided into thirty-one chapters, begins without an introduction, although the back cover provides an overview of the text. It explores topics such as the FDIC, the dollar, elections, student loans, taxes, a balanced budget, college costs, marijuana, mental asylums, the FAA, the Department of Education, and Social Security. Also examined are saving water, electric vehicles, wind and solar energy, wars, and minimum wage. At the end of each chapter, the author writes what he describes as the bottom line for the topic. The book examines these timely topics and more, looking at problematic situations and focusing on options for overcoming such difficulties.
Easily read, the text allows the reader to take on difficult issues, examine them, and look at ways to come to reasonable outcomes through "critical thinking." The chapters are based on current problems in the United States today, ones that every American needs to be aware of, and which relate to the ongoing issues that individuals must face to improve their society. The chapters provide helpful statistics and research results. The lack of an introduction means that the reader is thrown into the text without background information. Still, the text offers an interesting foray into potential solutions for complex situations. Ultimately, this is a book that will prompt the reader to think critically about a myriad of issues and explore whether they agree with the author's conclusions. Filled to the brim with current and relevant topics, this book will likely interest anyone concerned with issues that impact daily life in America.