Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works | 
 enlarge | Author: Newt Gingrich
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
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Publication Date: January 15, 2008
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 At last someone is making sense.... January 17, 2008
Robert Busko (Waynesville, NC USA)
121 out of 135 found this review helpful
All I can say is its about time someone wrote a book that isn't a down in the mouth, whimpering review of how bad it is. Newt Gingrich shows us how we can grab a future we'll be proud to leave our children and grand-children in Real Change. Let me also say that Real Change doesn't attempt to only Republicans, but makes arguments that should appeal to all Americans regardless of your political leanings.
Why hasn't someone else shouted out these solutions? As another reviewer pointed out, most of us are not divided as a people. We all want the same things: affordable healthcare, education that educates, a healthy economy, and a national defense system that separates our friends from our foes. This is what Newt Gingrich says we can have.
To get the country we want we need to hold our elected officials feet to the fire and demand real change. Make them serve us, the citizen and not some special interest group, including the well organized and politically saavy illegal immigrants. Notice, I said "illegal." I have nothing against immigrants who come into the country the way my grandparents came in....legally. Politicians need to know we want progress and will not accept the status quo.
If you're tired of hearing the doom and gloomers, then Real Change is for you. Pick up a copy and you'll find yourself engrossed. This is a real page turner.....really.
I highly recommend Real Change by Newt Gingrich.
Peace to all.
Thoughtful Reflection on State of Our Union March 22, 2008
rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States)
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
Gingrich of all that this reviewer hears opine on TV about the issues that trouble us, seems always to be the most composed and fresh thinker to have thought through and provide what sounds like a non-partisan what is good for America presentation.
Such is this book. He has criticism for both parties, showing that they are far more inclined to vote for their campaign treasuries than what the people need. Corporations and interest groups on the one side, and bureauocracy, unions and a liberal elite culture group on the other.
No wonder the majority of people feel disinfranchised from the whole 'we the people' government we hear idealized in speeches, but never seems to live in Congress and the White House.
Gingrich bases responses to major problems of healthcare, education, Social Security, etc. with a polling concept, which if true, shows that the vast majority of Americans support various goals and strategies which to date we don't hear from any one political candidate.
This truly is a book for all Americans to read and ponder. Very well done!
A Visionary Plan For The Future February 7, 2008
S. Peek (Rocky Mountains, USA)
38 out of 43 found this review helpful
Unlike the typical negative political rhetoric, Newt Gingrich has composed an amazing roadmap for positive change.
Virtually everyone is aware of the myriad of problems facing the United States today. There are problems with illegal immigration, high taxes, high energy prices, a failing Social Security system, spiraling health care costs, a divisive war, pathetic performance by government at all levels (e.g. Hurricane Katrina relief) and many others. Many are good at pointing out the challenges; few are good at providing answers. That is not the case here.
The former Speaker of the House stands alone at the top in terms of innovative ideas that could lead us to a very bright future. Everyone, regardless of political affiliation, should read the ideas in this book. Whereas almost all politicians focus on short term changes to gain political advantage, Gingrich concentrates on meaningful long term solutions.
One of his points is that America is not rigidly divided into red and blue states. He contends that there are core issues upon which the vast majority of Americans agree. He supports this with polling data. He has put together a platform featuring many of these consensus issues.
Not only would this approach help to unite Americans again, these ideas, if enacted, would make things immeasurably better for all. Some of these are as follows: Overhauling the Social Security system before it goes bankrupt, replacing the current air and railway transportation systems with much more effective ones, redesigning health care payment and delivery with 21st century technology to replace the 1950s model currently in place, reigning in an out-of-control judiciary, and many others.
Clearly, our big problems will require bold new solutions. Gingrich has proposed some of those and has shown a way that we can provide incentives to entrepreneurs for many more. We can either keep doing things the way we have been (like all of the presidential candidates would do with slight variations), or we can create a brighter future. Albert Einstein said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results." That is the way our system has been functioning. It is time to do something different.
I could go on and on about this book. It is so packed full of ideas and wisdom that it is hard not to do so. I will not do that though. I do recommend that you buy it, read it, and share it with others.
Finally! January 24, 2008
Dr. Thomas M. Box (Pittsburg, KS United States)
33 out of 41 found this review helpful
Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works
This is a book that is a must-read for all Americans. Brilliantly capturing what real Americans think, Gingrich provides research-based policy recommendations that (if adopted)would put the United States on the right path to future success and renewed greatness.
This book is the appropriate antidote to the currently popular soundbites that supposedly capture the policy prescriptions of out current crop of presidential wannabees.
EVERYBODY should read this book and get copies for all family memebers and friends. Even better would be to get one for politicians you know and insist that they read it.
Excellent conclusions on what our national leaders need to do July 9, 2008
J. Groen (GURNEE, ILLINOIS USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a book that provides some excellent conclusions on what our national leaders need to do to resolve the serious issues facing our nation. Moving from the world that doesn't work (i.e. government bureaucracies) to the world that does work (i.e. free enterprise and entrepreneurship) is the conclusion that Newt provides. And, he does this by backing his conclusions with facts - surveys of the American people and data that shows why the government bureaucracies have not and do not work. If you are really interested in REAL CHANGE and not platitudes, then read this book.
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