Why America Doesn't Work

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Why America Doesn't Work
Why doesn't America work?
Why do Americans produce less than ever before? Why do we put out shoddy products that fail in world markets? Why is American business and government riddled with corruption? Why do millions of Americans live year after year — in prison or on welfare checks — not allowed to work? And why do American school children graduate from schools that have become war zones, without working for their grades and without the skills to find jobs?
Because America has lost the work ethic that once made her great.
In this uncompromising book, two veterans of public service and private business show us how the work ethic was stripped of its spiritual meaning and roots. They also tell us how we can reverse our slide into an economic and social morass.
Authors Chuck Colson and Jack Eckerd call Americans to a future where:
• We restore our work, our businesses, and our industries to their former levels of excellence, so that "Made in the USA" is... Tovább

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Why America Doesn't Work
Why doesn't America work?
Why do Americans produce less than ever before? Why do we put out shoddy products that fail in world markets? Why is American business and government riddled with corruption? Why do millions of Americans live year after year — in prison or on welfare checks — not allowed to work? And why do American school children graduate from schools that have become war zones, without working for their grades and without the skills to find jobs?
Because America has lost the work ethic that once made her great.
In this uncompromising book, two veterans of public service and private business show us how the work ethic was stripped of its spiritual meaning and roots. They also tell us how we can reverse our slide into an economic and social morass.
Authors Chuck Colson and Jack Eckerd call Americans to a future where:
• We restore our work, our businesses, and our industries to their former levels of excellence, so that "Made in the USA" is a stamp of pride and confidence.
¦ We can again give our children an effective first-rate education that inspires them to hard work and not only grounds them thoroughly in the three Rs but instills the dignity of work and a sense of pride in doing every job well.
• Business and industry rids itself of the "looter's mentality" that has brought our S&Ls to their knees — while stuffing the wallets of many corporate executives at the taxpayers' expense.
• We care for the needy without creating programs that make it easier to work the system than to earn an honest day's pay.
• We maintain a prison system that trains and employs inmates in meaningful jobs — rather than creating a setting for further violence.
That kind of societal revolution won't come without great individual courage and effort. And in the last section of their book, Colson and Eckerd introduce us to men and women who are daring to stand against the tide: educators who are taking on administrators in defense of standards, policy makers who are restructuring welfare prison policy,
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social leaders who are talking loudly about the need for individual responsibility, business leaders who are putting quality products and quality employment on a par with profit, and workers who are taking seriously the need to work hard and well.
This blunt but heartening book urges us to reclaim the ideal of the "good old American work ethic" to ensure our survival as a nation. What America needs is an infusion of the timeless values that it was built on — hard work, thrift, and integrity. Only by restoring these can we halt America's decline into the mire of shoddy workmanship, a predatory mentality, and self-defeating counterfeit values.
CHUCK COLSON
JACK ECKERD
Charles W. Colson served as special counsel to President Richard M. Nixon from 1969 to 1973, the year of his much publicized conversion to Jesus Christ. In 1974 he pleaded guilty to charges related to Watergate and served seven months in prison. He is now chairman of Prison Fellowship and the author of nine books, including Born Again, Loving God, and Kingdoms in Conflict.
Jack Eckerd is founder and former Chief Executive Officer of the Eckerd drugstore chain. He has been active in many areas of public life, serving as Administrator of General Services Administration under President Gerald Ford. He was founding chairman of P.R.I.D.E., Florida's unique prison industry program, and continues to chair the Eckerd Family Youth Alternatives program, which operates wilderness camps for troubled children. He told the story of his life at the helm of Eckerd Drugs in his hook Finding the Right Prescription.
All profits from the sale of this book go to Prison Fellowship and Eckerd Family Youth Alternatives. The authors receive no remuneration from the proceeds of this book.
Jacket design by Andrew Newman Jacket photo by Dave Edmonson
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