Lone Star America: How Texas Can Save Our Country - Hardcover

Davis, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1621572250 ISBN 13: 9781621572251

Publisher: Regnery, 2014

Synopsis

Throughout America and around the world, the United States has been known as a beacon of hope and opportunity, the land of the free and the home of the brave. Sadly, from the crumbling urban ghetto of Detroit to the cash-strapped shores of California to the rust belt of the Midwest, America is not living up to that promise.

Except in Texas.

While unemployment soars elsewhere, Texans are hard at work. While small businesses across the country are going under, Texas entrepreneurs are thriving. While large companies are being squeezed by taxes, regulations and unions, more and more corporations are moving to Texas to grow and expand. While people of faith are ridiculed and marginalized in most cities on both coasts, in Texas churches and synagogues are bursting at the seams.

How did Texas embrace what the rest of America seems to have forgotten? In Lonestar America, popular talk radio show host Mark Davis presents a powerful case for economic prosperity, individual freedom, strong families, and even stronger pride of place alive and kicking in Texas, and easily exportable to the rest of America.

Davis shows how Texas has done it, how some honorary Texans” in other states (governors and even local communities) have adopted some of the same policies and approaches, and how states across the country can reclaim the promise of the American dream.

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From the Inside Flap

Texas.

It has provoked passions for the better part of two centuries. "If I owned Hell and Texas, I’d rent out Texas and live in Hell," snarled General Philip Sheridan after the Civil War.

These days a few grumpy liberals might agree with him, but far more people are wondering if Texas might be America's last, best hope.

As a matter of fact, it is, says Mark Davis. Low taxes, limited government, respect for faith and family, and a passionate devotion to freedom have made Texas the envy of the nation. Texans didn't invent these principles, but they stuck with them when they went out of fashion. People can live by other principles, of course you can see the results in California and New York.

In Lone Star America, you'll learn:
Why everyone should remember the Alamo
How a government behaves if it wants more private-sector jobs
Why pundits who call the Texas economic miracle a "myth" are out of touch with reality
The real motive of those who sneer at Texas schools (which are probably better than your own)
How the gushers of a century ago set the stage for the energy-friendly economy that's still booming today
All about the Texans who might be your next president
Which states are following Texas's example, which aren't, and how it's working out

The leading radio talk show host in Texas, Mark Davis knows the political and business leaders of the Lone Star State, and he talks every day with the ordinary Texans who keep the incredible economic engine humming. No one has a better understanding of the attitudes and values that are the keys to Texas's success.

"In the midst of America's seemingly endless economic winter," says Sean Hannity, "we keep hearing about a place where things are different. That place is Texas, and Mark Davis is here to tell you that everything you've heard is true."

About the Author

Mark Davis has become one of the most successful talk radio host in America. Thirty years hosting shows have established him as a foremost conservative voice both locally and nationally. Mark writes a weekly column for the Dallas Morning News and makes frequent TV appearances on local stations and various news networks. On Fridays, Mark hosts Bill Bennett’s national Morning in America radio show. Mark lives in Texas with his wife and children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Regnery
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1621572250
• ISBN 13: 9781621572251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 258