Keeping The Republic

Mitch Daniels, George F Will

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Sentinel
31 July 2012

Politics & government; Political ideologies; Central government; Central government policies; Regional government

Upon leaving the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was

asked what

sort of government the delegates had created. His reply to the crowd- ""A

republic, if you can keep it.""

Now America's most respected governor

explains

just how close we've come to losing the republic, and how we can restore

it to

greatness.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has been called ""the most presidential

man in

America."" He has brought more change to his state in a few years than

most see

in decades.

During his tenure, Daniels turned a $700 million deficit into a

billion

dollar surplus, balanced Indiana's budget even during the recession,

converted

its once unattractive business climate into one of the strongest for

private

sector job growth.

The Hoosier state is now a model of good and efficient governance.

Its

public sector payroll is now the smallest per capita in the nation. And

yet

services have improved across the board. Even its Bureau of Motor

Vehicles --

the ultimate symbol of dysfunctional bureaucracy - has been rated the

best in

the country.

Daniels has done this by focusing on government's core

responsibilities,

cutting taxes, empowering citizens, and performing what he calls an ""old

tribal

ritual"" - spending less money than his state takes in, while

distinguishing

between skepticism towards big government and hostility towards all

government.

Unfortunately few politicians have the discipline or courage to follow

his

lead. And worse, many assume that Americans are too

intimidated, gullible or dim-witted to make wise decisions about their

health

care, mortgages, the education of their kids, and other important issues.

The

result has been a steady decline in freedom, as elite government experts

-- ""our

benevolent betters"", in Daniels' phrase -- try to regulate every aspect

of

our lives.

Daniels bluntly calls our exploding national debt ""a survival-level

threat to

the America we have known.""

He shows how our underperforming public

schools

have produced a workforce unprepared to compete with those of other

countries

and ignorant of the requirements of citizenship in a free society. He

lays out

the risk of greatly diminished long term prosperity and the loss of our

position

of world leadership.

He warns that we may lose the uniquely American

promise of

upward mobility for all.

But, the good news is that it's not too late to save America.

However, real

change can't be imposed from above. It has to be what he calls ""change

that

believes in you"" -- a belief that Americans, properly informed of the

facts,

will pull together to make the necessary changes and that they are best- equipped

to make the decisions governing their own lives. As he puts it-

""I urge great care not to drift into a loss of faith in the American

people.

We must never yield to the self-fulfilling despair that these problems

are

immutable, or insurmountable. Americans are still a people born to

liberty.

Addressed as free-born, autonomous men and women of God-given dignity,

they will

rise yet again to drive back a mortal enemy.""

Commentaries by: Mitch Daniels
Foreword by: George F Will
Imprint: Sentinel
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Updated ed.
Dimensions: Height: 213mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 249g
ISBN: 9781595230966
ISBN 10: 1595230963
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 31 July 2012
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mitch Daniels was elected Governor of Indiana in 2004 and re- elected in 2008. He was previously the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (a cabinet-level position) under President George W. Bush and a senior aide to President Ronald Reagan. He also spent many years in the private sector as a senior executive at Eli Lilly and Company and the CEO of one of the nation's most influential research centers, the Hudson Institute. He and his wife Cheri have four daughters and live in Indianapolis.

Reviews for Keeping The Republic

[Daniels is] the rare politician telling it like it is...I would pay cash money to watch him debate Obama on these issues, and I suspect the Republic would be much the better for it. ---Joe Klein, Time