03799cam a2200469 i 450000100070000000500170000700800410002403500130006501000170007802000290009502000260012404000280015004200080017804300120018605000290019808200080022708400670023510000170030224501070031925000190042626400420044530000280048733600210051533700250053633800230056152020210058450400410260565000400264665000460268665100430273265100440277565000560281965000660287565000670294165000730300865000660308165000130314794200120316094600080317299900150318095201340319511923720230404125750.0140129s2014    nyu      b    000 0 eng    a18023703  a  2013044022  a9781455549801 (hardback)  z9781455549818 (ebook)  aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLC  apcc  an-us---14a002 E 169.12bD381f 201400a973  aPOL030000aPOL020000aPOL007000aPOL043000aPOL0240002bisacsh1 aDeMint, Jim.10aFalling in love with America again /cJim DeMint and the Heritage Foundation ; foreword by Ben Carson.  aFirst edition. 1aNew York, NY :bCenter Street,c2014.  axii, 304 pages ;c24 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  a" In his new role as president and CEO of The Heritage Foundation, Jim DeMint has travelled the country talking to Americans about how to return to our founding principles and restore and protect our economy and culture for future generations. He's realized that he-and all of us as fellow citizens-must fall in love with America-again.  In this book, DeMint introduces Americans all across the country who are working towards the same goal, We see example after example of Americans coming together locally in what DeMint calls the "little platoons"-the families, churches, communities and voluntary organizations succeeding on the model that smaller is better. They are the hands-on citizens who make America the exceptional, caring and can-do country it has always been.  DeMint illustrates why each of us-regardless of political party, age, race, religion or ethnicity-must rediscover the power we represent. The country's future is at risk, not just because of constant pressure from "the Bigs" (big government, big banks, big labor, big Wall Street cronies etc.), but because so many of us fear it's too late to solve problems so huge and seemingly intractable. Jim DeMint is here to reassure us that this is not true.  In riveting yet plainspoken style, he tells real-life success stories and affirms the compelling truth that conservative ideas are really American ideas, and they must guide us as we turn our institutions upside-down, taking them from the top-down centrally-controlled bureaucracies they've become back to the bottom-up democratic framework the Constitution intended.  Through this heartfelt, fascinating and inspiring look inside the America of both yesterday and today, and the everyday citizens who are working tirelessly and selflessly to insure its future fulfills the promise of its beginnings, Jim DeMint is beckoning us to join him on one of the most meaningful and momentous journeys we have ever undertaken together: FALLING IN LOVE WITH AMERICA AGAIN. "--cProvided by publisher.  aIncludes bibliographical references. 0aNational characteristics, American. 4acaracterísticas nacionales, americanas. 4aEstados UnidosxPolítica y gobierno. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and government. 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National.2bisacsh 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / State & Provincial.2bisacsh 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy.2bisacsh 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy.2bisacsh 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy.2bisacsh 4a20150300  2lcccbk  aYSL  c4234d4234  00102lcc40708RRaBJBbBJBcRRd2023-04-04h1l0o002 E 169.12 D381f 2014p00000112521r2018-10-23 00:00:00t1w2018-10-23ybk