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Glenn Beck's common sense : the case against an out-of-control government, inspired by Thomas Paine Cover Image

Glenn Beck's common sense : the case against an out-of-control government, inspired by Thomas Paine / Glenn Beck with Joseph Kerry.

Common sense : (portion title)

Beck, Glenn. (Author). Kerry, Joseph. (Added Author).

Summary:

Revisits Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" in light of contemporary American issues, and suggests that some of the very freedoms given as reasons that independence was first necessary are again in jeopardy.

Record details

ISBN: 1439168571
ISBN: 1439169500
ISBN: 9781439168578
ISBN: 9781439169506
Physical Description: xii, 174 pages : maps ; 21 cm
Edition: First Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions trade paperback.
Publisher: New York : Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions, 2009.

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Formatted Contents Note:

The reshaping and redefining of America -- Money: the real opiate of the masses -- The political weapon of choice: the U.S. tax code -- The perks and privileges of the political class -- The cancer of progressivism -- Is it a rising or a setting sun? -- The 9.12 project -- Thomas Paine's Common sense -- Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English constitution -- Of monarchy and hereditary succession -- Thoughts on the present state of American affairs -- Of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections.