Breaking Big Money's Grip on America: Working
Together To Revive Our Democracy
1. What really inspired you to write your book,
to force you from taking an idea or experience and conveying it into a book?
I was and still am very
angry at how Big Money controls our government and public policy to the
detriment of most Americans, including myself. The fact that Pres. Obama let
the bankers who caused the Great Recession of 2008 off scotfree while I lost $100,000
that was my daughter's college fund. And, those bankers are doing better than
ever while many Americans are still struggling. The fact that the Affordable
Care Act was for the most part written by the private healthcare industry to
benefit them, more than American consumers. That over 90 % of Americans favor
universal background checks, but we don’t have sensible gun control because of
the NRA and the gun manufacturers, which puts all our lives at greater risk
every day. I’m sick of being dictated to by Big Money’s desires. Our country is
a plutocracy run for and by the very wealthy, who already have way more than
they need or know what to do with, and the rest of us have practically no say
in how our country is run.
2. What is it about and whom do you believe is
your targeted reader?
Huge sums
of money unduly influence elections and public policy in the United States
today. A growing number of people see the United States as a
plutocracy run by and for the very rich. Breaking Big Money’s Grip on
America provides convincing evidence to support this view and explores
how a nationwide Democracy Movement can overcome the ruling status of Big Money
and convert our government into one that serves the true needs of the American
people. Moreover, it demonstrates why breaking Big Money’s grip on our
government is critical to solving other crucial issues, like affordable
healthcare, climate change, gun violence, immigration reform and income
inequality. The book provides a vision as well as concrete strategies for
Americans of all persuasions who want to eliminate the corrupting influence of
money in politics and establish a political system accountable to the people
and the public interest.
My target
audience is anyone who is concerned about the future of our country and wants
to help build a movement to revive democracy.
3. What do you hope will be the everlasting thoughts
for readers who finish your book? What should remain with them long after
putting it down?
That mass movements are
what makes real change in our country. That those movements have been built by
ordinary Americans who believed in their cause and were willing to fight
against great odds to achieve their goals. That millions of Americans have died
to preserve our democratic ideals. And now, it is up to us, We, the people, to
overcome Big Money and create a more just and equitable nation by building a
grassroots, mass movement for democracy.
4. What advice or words of wisdom do you have
for fellow writers?
Believe in yourself and
only write about what you believe in. That is the only way you will get through
the rough times when you want to give it all up.
5. What trends in the book world do you see and
where do you think the book publishing industry is heading?
I’m not that familiar
with “the book world.” But, I would say one trend is writing about what you
know personally and what can grab someone’s emotions.
I think the industry is
moving in the direction of more small and independent publishers as well as
self-publishing.
6. What great challenges did you have in writing
your book?
The great challenge was
sticking with it when I felt I wasn’t getting anywhere, or what I was writing
wasn’t very good. The challenge was to keep in mind that all the struggle, time
and energy it took would be worth it once I had completed my book.
7. If people can only buy one book this month,
why should it be yours?
If you are concerned
about your future, or that of your family, your community and/or your country, Breaking Big Money’s Grip on America is
the book you must read. The United States is on the verge of a constitutional
crisis. The heart and soul of our democracy is under attack. At the center of
this ruthless attack is Big Money. If Americans, including you and me, do not
grasp how Big Money is destroying our democracy and that time is running out to
save it, the United States may soon become an authoritarian or fascist state.
Our personal freedoms will be lost. Our lives will be drained of all real meaning.
Breaking Big Money’s Grip on America
spells out a clear and easy-to-understand explanation of this
critical issue. Moreover, it provides a viable
roadmap of how We, the People can come together, overcome Big Money’s control,
and revive democracy in America.
A retired, public sector, ethics attorney and social change organizer, Bruce Berlin earned his B.A. in government from Cornell University and his J.D. from NYU School of Law. He has devoted himself to social justice issues for almost 50 years. Berlin is the founder and former executive director of The Trinity Forum for International Security and Conflict Resolution, a nonprofit organization that brought together policymakers, academicians, NGO organizers, and concerned citizens from a wide spectrum of political perspectives, to develop broad-based, bipartisan approaches to a variety of policy issues from national security in the nuclear age to economic development and diversification. In 1988, Berlin was awarded a Jennings Randolph Peace Fellowship from the United States Institute of Peace to bring together parties in the Nicaraguan conflict to explore paths to a peace agreement. During his career, Berlin has been involved in a number of local, state, and national political campaigns. In the early 1980s, as the state coordinator of the New Mexico Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, he directed a successful statewide effort to lobby the New Mexico legislature for the passage of a resolution in support of a US-Soviet freeze on the development and deployment of nuclear weapons. Berlin resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico. See more info at: www.breakingbigmoneysgrip.com
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