Valor in Prosperity (2nd Edition)

Book excerpt: THE FINAL VOLUME of Curtis Creco's three-part Blind Vision series, Valor in Prosperity asks and answers the question, "Why valor?" A fierce believer in the ideals embodied in the documents of our nation's founding, Mr. Greco brings that passion to bear in his spirited defense and clear evocation of capitalism and free markets. While decrying the direction our country is going, Mr. Greco never gives in to despair. He writes that effective change must start at the local and state levels of government, and warms that elected offcials must become accountable to the people whom they represent. Further, the two-party system currently tyrannizing the country was never Constitutionally mandated and strongly suggests the emergence of a viable thirdparty, chaotic as the process will certainly be, in order to disable the dysfunction of the current political structure. The many systemic problems in the country have been metastasizing for years, notes Greco, but no matt er how formidable it seems, each problem can be addressed, and each can be resolved. In the concluding section of the book, "A Functional Stimulus," he provides visionary solutions for the daunting challenges our country in now facing: electoral and legislative processes, monetary and banking policy, judicial overreach, military adventurism, entitlement programs, and the economy.