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Rebuilding America: A Prescription for Creating Strong Families, Building the Wealth of Working People, and Ending Welfare | 
| Authors: J. Kenneth Blackwell, Jerome R. Corsi
Publisher: WND Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1296715
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 255
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 1581825013
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.973
EAN: 9781581825015
ASIN: 1581825013
Publication Date: May 4, 2006
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In 1965 President Lyndon Johnson launched the War on Poverty as a centerpiece of the Great Society's effort to eliminate poverty in America. Forty years and many trillions of dollars later, poverty in America has increased despite the efforts of the largest governmental welfare system ever created in human history.
In direct challenge to the liberal political thinking that built the welfare state, John Kenneth Blackwell and Jerome R. Corsi have developed a blueprint for a new War on Poverty, utilizing an innovative approach to mobilizing urban capital to strengthen African American families, build wealth through meaningful employment among those now in poverty, and develop America's urban landscape without imposing additional tax burdens on the American people.
Rebuilding America directly attacks the problems of African American poverty, arguing that abortion and AIDS threaten to inflect genocide upon black communities unless we find a way to utilize urban capital to end the welfare dependency that threatens the survival of the African American family.
After four decades of failure of the welfare state, Blackwell and Corsi argue for its phase-out through applying new techniques of public finance not dependent upon new taxes to enlist financial institutions in deploying new urban capital into rebuilding our cities. The goal is to work with established and newly formed corporations that integrate jobs and re-training programs to advance an "ownership society" in which families can thrive.
Rebuilding America is meant to be a blueprint for John Kenneth Blackwell's campaign for governor of Ohio. In it, he argues that as governor of Ohio he can implement the action plan described in the book as an alternative, conservative model for attacking urban poverty that can be applied in other states as well.
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 Blackwell - A True Leader and Visionary August 1, 2006
Poonchie106 (Avon Lake, OH)
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
It's refreshing to read a book by a politician that is based on strong research and historical artifacts. Blackwell shows where liberal American politics went wrong and provides many examples of the country's addiction to federally run, socialist programs. Conservatives and moderates from both parties will find this an enlightening read.
Great Book July 4, 2006
Giles
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is a must read for anyone whom believes that America is a great nation. Also a must read for any Ohio voter.
 Drivel June 25, 2006
J. A. Marks (cincinnati, Oh USA)
17 out of 33 found this review helpful
This book is conservative claptrap under the guise of a political roadmap. I'm immediately suspicious of any book that writes about liberals with a capital "L" as if they are the devil incarnate.
Blackwell rails against "Liberals" who have allowed AIDS to spread through the African American community, while ignoring that his conservative idol, Ronald Reagan, allowed the crisis to go on for years without ever bothering to mention it. However, a balanced view to any issue would be beyond this candidate.
His co-author, Corsi, is tied to the Swift Boat guys, and I thought was downplayed after it came to light that he was a rabid anti-Catholic bigot..
The truth is that Blackwell is tied to everything that is wrong in Ohio, taking money from Tom Noe and Coingate, his inability to run a fair election in 2004 and 2006, and his repeated snafus with publishing Ohio residents' private data (social security number and more) on the state website.
Rebuilding America: A Prescription for Creating Strong Families, Building the Wealth of Working People, and Ending Welfare June 22, 2006
D. Swanson (San Francisco, CA United States)
12 out of 22 found this review helpful
Intrigued by Kenneth Blackwell's progressive approach theory regarding wealth building for working people and the end of the degradation of welfare, I bought his book and read it cover to cover. I know Mr. Blackwell is a social and fiscal conservative and yet I still think his ideas are "progressive" in that they are brilliantly aware of what needs to be done in order to allow people of any color to take back control over their lives and create an atmosphere in which they can distinguish themselves in the most positive way possible. It is the welfare state that is obsolete and that has failed to better the lives of those people who are trapped by it. Bravo Ken Blackwell for your thoughtful, positive and brave plan to set Ohio and perhaps the country on a course that would actually succeed rather than go in circles.
--- D. Swanson
The Story of the Judas Goat May 17, 2006
PAUL A. Thompson (Belleville, IL USA)
26 out of 54 found this review helpful
Once upon a time, there was a Judas goat. His mission was to lead the other goats and sheep into the slaughterhouse....But I digress.
Ken Blackwell's new book is a reminder of the real meaning of compassionate conservatism. It is neither compassionate nor conservative. Rather, it is an attempt to impose a theocratic dictatorship on America. That's Mr. Blackwell. He can't run an election in Cuyahoga County, and now he wants to run the entire state! Wow.
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