American Moment: Framework for US Policy in the 21st Century and Platform for an American Unity Party

The Moment Is Now! Increasingly polarized, with Washington in legislative gridlock, more Americans are asking how we can possibly get back to a common-sense, middle path that most of us can agree on. American Moment shows us how we got to this point of dysfunction and more importantly how we can get back on track. American Moment tackles crucial policy issues dealing with debt, spending, and taxes. It shows us how we can create a new process for making the national strategic investments that have been neglected for decades due to partisan politics. It asks and answers the hard questions: • Why we spend more than double for our healthcare than most other developed nations while enjoying inferior health outcomes • Why our children cannot compete with students in other nations in math, science and reading • Why political slogans like "Drill Baby Drill" and "All of the Above" are no substitute for a national energy policy designed around 21st century sustainable technology • Why not having a strategic foundation for our foreign policy for more than two decades is undermining our security and influence in the world • Why we spend as much on defense as the next fourteen largest military spending nations combined How the two parties have subverted the intent of the Constitution's Framers and why it will take three constitutional amendments to fix it. • And why, after spending a trillion dollars on the "War on Drugs," we have become a prison nation - incarcerating our citizens at a higher rate than any other country - and still suffer too much violent crime Offering thirty specific policy proposals to resolve these issues, American Moment challenges all Americans to support the formation of a moderate new American Unity Party, to get involved in the dialogue, and to become part of the solution. If you are frustrated with the failed leadership of our two-party system, American Moment shows how those from both sides of the political spectrum can move to the center to fix what is broken in our nation - benefiting all Americans for generations to come.