Description: Very good. Publisher: Bluestocking PrDate of Publication: 1992Condition: Very Good/No JacketDescription: 094261710x Paperback stamps inside front cover, name all else is fine. read more
"Having finished 1984 a matter of hours before reading this book, I found a slew of similarities that I would not have picked up on otherwise. In this installment of the Uncle Eric series, Maybury warns us of the current state of government and where we are headed in the near future if we do not watch out. Many of these 'facts' surprised me. According to the author, taxes are not taken to provide services, but rather services are provided as an excuse to take taxes. The way modern American government is portrayed through this work, I have no trouble believing that soon enough we will turn into a violent dictatorship, as portrayed in 1984.
Though, ashamed as I am to say that I learned quite a bit of this book as it is written for grade school children, I also have to point out that this book didn't sit quite right with me. Highly opinionated, the author claims that government isn't as good as it is made out to be and he even goes so far as to propose that we would be better off with no government at all. As the beginning of this work claims that it intends to debunk myths about government, I feel that it put a bit too much personal politics in to be considered an objective learning source."
"This should be must reading for all those who think character doesn't matter as long as the economy is good. In this book Mr. Maybury explores America's legal heritage and explains the two kinds of law -- the higher law and man-made or political law. He shows how substituting the latter for the former causes the economy to suffer. He also explains two laws on which all major religions and philosophies agree that are the basis of our common law. When politicians make laws that displace this common law, it wrecks havoc with the economy.
In his attempt to define the role of government and how to approach unsolved problems in our society, Mr. Maybury enters some controversial territory. You may or may not agree with his ideas on capital punishment, illegal drugs, the environment, war, poverty, and other hot topics. But Mr. Maybury provides a framework for discussing them and explaining and defending your own values as they relate to these topics. For ages 14 thru Adult."
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