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HOW?: No Labels Answers The Most Important Question Of the 2016 Election
Presidential candidates often talk about being uniters. They pledge to break through the partisan gridlock in Washington. They vow to bring Democrats and Republicans together to tackle the nation's most vexing problems.
But they never explain how they plan to do this – and their promises rarely translate to action.
In this volume, NO LABELS provides a real strategy for how – how today's political leaders can finally unite a divided country to solve urgent problems, from stagnating wages to social safety net programs heading toward insolvency.
This groundbreaking plan of action is called the National Strategic Agenda. It begins with goals for the country that come straight from the American people and ends with a commitment by the next president to embark on this bipartisan problem-solving process within 30 days of taking the oath of office.
The National Strategic Agenda has already gained the support of major figures in business, economics, academia, policy and politics, and more than 65 members of Congress. In this timely book, arguably the most important you will read during the 2016 campaign season, NO LABELS co-chairs Gov. Jon Huntsman and Sen. Joe Lieberman are joined by other leaders who've been on the front lines of problem solving in politics and business to make a strong case for this new governing framework.
But they never explain how they plan to do this – and their promises rarely translate to action.
In this volume, NO LABELS provides a real strategy for how – how today's political leaders can finally unite a divided country to solve urgent problems, from stagnating wages to social safety net programs heading toward insolvency.
This groundbreaking plan of action is called the National Strategic Agenda. It begins with goals for the country that come straight from the American people and ends with a commitment by the next president to embark on this bipartisan problem-solving process within 30 days of taking the oath of office.
The National Strategic Agenda has already gained the support of major figures in business, economics, academia, policy and politics, and more than 65 members of Congress. In this timely book, arguably the most important you will read during the 2016 campaign season, NO LABELS co-chairs Gov. Jon Huntsman and Sen. Joe Lieberman are joined by other leaders who've been on the front lines of problem solving in politics and business to make a strong case for this new governing framework.
120 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 4, 2015
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August 21, 2023
NOTE: This is not a review of the book whose title is listed on Goodreads, but of the 2023 No Labels booklet Common Sense. It is not listed on the website, and I have therefore listed my review here instead.
No Labels is toeing a polarizing borderline between nonpartisan organization and third party in the United States today, but their goal has always been to be the exact opposite: to favor compromise as the foundation of American politics, alongside moderation and centrism. This booklet is No Labels at its best. The platform of priorities within can seem so basic and moderate that most of it would be near-universally agreed to, but that is exactly the point. No Labels is seeking to develop a movement based on what people can come together over, not what divides them.
Inspired by Thomas Paine’s Common Sense from around the time of the American Revolution, No Labels seeks to bring about a new reckoning in American politics and lead us to question the extreme partisanship and petty gridlock that dominates our system today. As the authors write, “if [Paine’s] Common Sense helped found America then, [the No Labels booklet of the same name] can help restore America now.” Before you make a judgment on No Labels based on the headlines, give this booklet a try and see what you think then.
No Labels is toeing a polarizing borderline between nonpartisan organization and third party in the United States today, but their goal has always been to be the exact opposite: to favor compromise as the foundation of American politics, alongside moderation and centrism. This booklet is No Labels at its best. The platform of priorities within can seem so basic and moderate that most of it would be near-universally agreed to, but that is exactly the point. No Labels is seeking to develop a movement based on what people can come together over, not what divides them.
Inspired by Thomas Paine’s Common Sense from around the time of the American Revolution, No Labels seeks to bring about a new reckoning in American politics and lead us to question the extreme partisanship and petty gridlock that dominates our system today. As the authors write, “if [Paine’s] Common Sense helped found America then, [the No Labels booklet of the same name] can help restore America now.” Before you make a judgment on No Labels based on the headlines, give this booklet a try and see what you think then.
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