The New Birth of Freedom: Vision for America

by Steve Forbes

Book Overview

America today has the potential for the greatest economic boom and spiritual renewal in our history. Presidential candidate and publishing magnate Steve Forbes shows how we can once again brighten... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895263203
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

We Need Steve Forbes' America

Ronald Reagan restored to this nation a pride and integrity that has been failing at a catastrophic pace, with a lot of the credit going to the do little Clinton Administration. Our tax system must go, or Social Security system is on the brink of collapse and our Medicare and Medicaid policies are a joke.Mr. Forbes nails almost everything in this book. From foreign policy to the morals of our youth, we are in need of total reform. We are on the wrong course and this book can act like the compass we need to guide us back.The book does read a little like a political rally speech but Mr. Forbes speaks the truth. Read it as a handbook to a new America, the old America that we once new.

Excellent Insight on American Politics

I'm not a sharer of Steve Forbes political views. I didn't know much about his plan for the flat tax. But after reading this book that include letters that people wrote to him, I'm not sure that the flat tax is such a bad idea. Forbes also talks about the excellent health care system in Delaware and how all states in America should have a systems' like Delaware.The only problem with that is that Delaware is one of the smallest states in the nation and so its health care system is fairly easy to manage. You then take a state like California that is huge, it becomes much more difficult to model a system like Delaware's. Overall this is one of the top three presidential candidate books of the campaign season.

He lost the primary, but his vision remains

Writing now after the election is over, I can say without a political axe to grind that this is one of the best books -- and it is the clearest vision -- to come out of the 2000 primaries. Forbes lays out clear, solution-oriented plans across a host of key issues; and were they to be enacted (and all of them are capable of being enacted rapidly), they would change America for the better forever. Forbes doesn't see color: he just sees poor and rich; and he wants to even the playing field for everyone, not by taking from anyone, but by expanding opportunity for all. That's a classically American way to look at things, and Forbes has a plan to make it work again -- and better -- in the new century. Well worth a read.

A refreshing vision for America

Steve Forbes offers a truly inspiring and thoughtful perspective on America today in "A New Birth of Freedom". Forbes not only illustrates his keen understanding of this nation's history, but unlike other politicians he offers a substantative message on how we as a nation can reach our fullest potential. Furthermore, Forbes reveals the leadership skills that seem vacant in Washington today. His honesty and integrity provide a refreshing contrast to politics as usual that is too often suffocating the real change needed in this country. "A New Birth of Freedom" offers a genuine and clear perscription for this country's aillments. Furthermore, this book reveals a rather remarkable history of the Forbes family!

Very Impressive Ideas

In 1996, when Steve Forbes ran a long shot race for the presidency, many voters (including me) dismissed him as a rich kid with no political experience on an ego trip. His commercials seemed mean-spirited, and his campaign came across as a one-issue rant; the flat tax would solve all of society's woes. What a difference four years can make! Steve Forbes is again seeking the Republican nomination, but this time he has a well-rounded, coherent message which is fully presented in his new book. Rich in specifics, and refreshingly vacuous on spin, A New Birth of Freedom spells out Forbes' comprehensive plan to get America back on track. Heroically restrained in knocking Bill Clinton (the word "Monica" never appears) and other obvious targets, Forbes is more general in his criticism of career politicians whom he sees as out of touch with America. His message is far more than a flat tax nepenthe-although abolishing the IRS and replacing it with a flat tax is still a cornerstone of his would-be presidency. Still he presents several other features and many of them are nothing short of courageous in their specifics. He has concrete ideas on how to improve not save "social security." Rather than the ambulance-chasing attorneys' dream "Patient's Bill of Rights" currently being forced through Congress, Forbes offers a "Patients' Declaration of Independence" that will remove government's intrusive and clumsy hands and allow individuals to make their own decisions and empower dedicated doctors and nurses by eliminating bureaucratic red tape. While other candidates tremble at the mention of the word "abortion," Forbes takes a bold pro-life stance, and perhaps unlike any other candidate since the Roe vs. Wade debacle, he has a systematic, pragmatic plan to lead America into its proud, post-legal abortion era. For those of us who are sick of seeing rich politicians send their children to exclusive private schools, while squashing poorer parents' abilities to do the same, Forbes has a common sense goal of seeing voucher programs thrive. Gone will be the days of placating pushy teacher unions while ignoring the concerns of poorer families. Although I would like to see him take an even stronger stand against China, he would replace the current U.S. policy of blind appeasement with a healthy concern for American interests and a vociferous call for human rights in the nation where pandemic atrocities against mankind are common knowledge. This is merely one facet of his call to replace Clinton's haphazard make-it-up-as-you go foreign policy by making America a respected international presence again Despite being born into wealth, Forbes shows a true understanding for people of more modest means and displays a genuine concern for minorities which could easily explain why so many prominent black conservatives including Alveda King and Herman Cain are backing him. After 8 years of Clinton, anyone short of Jack Kervor