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Makers and Takers

By: Peter Schweizer
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
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In Do as I Say (Not as I Do), Peter Schweizer exposed the hypocrisy of liberal elites in Washington and Hollywood. In Makers and Takers, he broadens his scope to examine the damaging effects of liberal philosophy on ordinary Americans. Drawing on national polls and academic studies, as well as the revealing testimony of liberals themselves, Schweizer shows that liberals are, on the whole, less honest, less generous, lazier, and more materialistic than their conservative counterparts. Moreover, conservatives are better parents, spouses, and citizens.

Schweizer's portrait is not a mischievous exercise in "gotcha" journalism. Instead, tracing political and social changes over the past 50 years, he argues that the emergence of liberalism as a philosophy of selfishness is a direct result of big government. The enormous expansion of government has fostered the assumption among many Americans that the state is responsible for our financial, social, and moral well-being.

From the myth that wealth is the result of luck and exploitation to the insistence that individuals are not accountable to God or social institutions, the principles of liberalism have corrupted the personal virtues and community values Americans once honored.

©2008 Peter Schweizer (P)2008 Tantor
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Makers and takers is an interesting book

This book is not a fiction although saying that I discuss all reality if you think about who is in charge of this country is informative and it gives you some ideas about how things are going above. People in office are real people and they have flaws. Lots of them,

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Excellent!

This book provides an excellent compilation and summary of social science studies of people of differing political views.

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Excellent and enduring over time

Excellent book! It’s an old book that I just stumbled on. It’s still 100% true in 2023.

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