Re-imagining Our American Republic: A Commonsense Vision for Uncommon Times by Peter W. Frey

Peter Frey made some good points to ideas that can be implemented though they will not be easy to do it is still feasible. I think common sense has went out of the window and people are just ingrained into stagnate ideas. Now more than ever everything is polarized into extremes on both sides politically. I do believe both have valid opinions to some extent but extremism just isn't going to solve anything all it will do is cause people to do irrational things. What is more concerning to me is the religious aspect of the extreme that religion should determine our fate. Our for fathers wanted a separation of church and state and now we blurred the lines to the point that they are intersecting into one. This is causing further separation and the likely hood of any solid changes to happen is just not there at this time.

I still have hope though it is waning that the young people of today will use the power they wield to force the changes we need. I am an opponent of money out of politics and term limits. No politician should be there forever two terms for senators and maybe four terms for house members. Funding for campaigns should be done by tax dollars and everyone getting equal money across the board for campaigns.

I feel like we have been here before in history where the money movers are making all the decisions and the we the people are just pawns in there influence. The misinformation of information itself is a major issue if people would really listen and sit down to ideas then they would have more agreement then disagreement. Whenever I have talks with people who do not politically see it the way I do I always start with the many things we both agree on and then I point to that most things we don't is literally a sliver of things and those are the things that should be fought in compromise giving each sides ideas to solve a problem to get a bill that is middle of the road.

I enjoyed the book and hope at least some ideas are going to move forward in the future but with the turmoil that is in our politics today I just don't see it. I think people from both sides of the isle should read the book think about the ideas in the book and build upon them to generate ideas that will work for the majority not the minority.

Thanks to Netgalley and Greenleaf Book Group for a free copy of this book for an honest review. The opinions expressed are my own.

This book has some great ideas to fix all the troubles in our country! I highly recommend this book!

While the author had some great ideas on how to improve our Country, I found some of his opinions to be unrealistic. It was an interesting read and one that can spark conversation on how we can begin to move forward as a Country.

This book touches on the author's ideas on how to solve issues from gerrymandering to taxes to education to welfare, health care and more. It could be retitled “The World According to Peter”! I’d say most of his recommendations are on the liberal democrat end of the spectrum but not all of them. It's also a bit simplistic (which makes it very readable) but I think the author's ideas are great fodder that hopefully will lead to necessary and engaging public dialogue. I can’t wait for the release of this book so I can read more reviews and critiques on his recommended policies. This would make a great book club read for those who want to discuss real topics effecting the future of our democratic capitalistic nation.

As an aside, I appreciated the mini-history recap at the beginning of the book that quickly explained the genesis of our government and some of the policies discussed in each chapter. I haven’t had a civic’s lesson in many, many years.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me an early release in exchange for an honest review.