Genre:
Non-Fiction/Politics
Description:
“Side-Effects:
What Candidates Don’t Tell You
takes you behind the scenes on issues of the day and campaign
promises. It focuses on consequences, issues, and options. It also
challenges myths such as who are the wealthy, and what is the history
of depressed wages. The emphasis is on shedding light, exposing
myths, examining consequences, and exploring options, not on
personalities. Sorry, no dirt on the people, just on their promises.
Side-Effects
will answer questions such as:
Will
raising income and estate taxes hurt the billionaires and
redistribute wealth?
Why
healthcare is broken and what options we have.
Why wages
are depressed and what we can do about it.
What are
the implications of various immigration plans?
Side-Effects
cuts through the BS to look at campaign promises on wealth
redistribution, taxes, Social Security, healthcare, depressed wages,
and many other topics that aims to bring facts to these issues.”
Author:
“Author
is a CPA and has an MBA in finance, a BS in Political Science, and
over 30 years of experience in business. He is a long time student of
business, the ever-entertaining field of economics, and of the
political shell game.
Like many
of you, he is frustrated by candidates not addressing the real issues
or doing so with simplistic sound bites that don't stand up to
scrutiny. That's why he dove into campaign promises to see how they
fared and found a number of surprises he'd like to share with you.”
Appraisal:
Of all the
books I've ever read on contemporary politics, this book has some
qualities that I've never seen before. Depending on what you'd prefer
to get from a book like this, you could perceive those qualities as
positive or negative.
In the
early days of the US, political theorist Thomas Paine wrote a
pamphlet called Common Sense
and now an author with essentially the same name (maybe Tomas Payne
is a pen name?) shows a lot of common sense in exploring the current
political environment in the US. Payne explains his thinking clearly
and in multiple instances had me questioning my current political
stances. If that possibility concerns you, this book isn't for you.
No matter where you fall on the political spectrum you'll almost
surely find that Payne agrees with you on some things and disagrees
on others. If you're willing to have your thoughts and political
beliefs challenged, this book will do the trick.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No
significant issues
Rating:
***** Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate
word count: 55-60,000 words
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