Power To The People: An American State At Work [Wisconsin] [SIGNED/INSCRIBED], by Thompson, Tommy G. (Governor of Wisconsin)
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Power To The People: An American State At Work [Wisconsin] [SIGNED/INSCRIBED], by Thompson, Tommy G. (Governor of Wisconsin). HarperCollins: New York, 1996. Edition: First edition stated with full number line. ISBN: 006017823X. Hardcover, 6.5 by 9 inches, 210 pages. Quarter bound in blue cloth over ivory-colored paper-covered boards; gilt lettering on spine. Black and white picture of author on a Harley Davidson motorcycle as frontispiece. Inscribed on the verso of the first free end paper: Phil / Thanks for all your / help, support & / Friendship -- Good luck / in your County Executive / Race / Best wishes / Your Friend / Tommy / 11-12-96

Condition: Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket. Tiny dog-ear on one page. Jacket shows light rubbing from being shelved.

Contents: Publisher's Note:

Thompson's vision of a government connected and responsive to the people was born at home in Elroy, Wisconsin, where his father held town meetings in his corner grocery store, and is firmly rooted in the rich political history of the Midwest, where the Progressive movement took hold nearly a century ago. Time after time, Thompson has put his commonsense ideas to the test -- taking on existing programs; experimenting with revolutionary approaches; and rewriting the rules and fundamental tenets of welfare, public education, and government spending, to name just a few. He has accomplished at a state level what still seems impossible on a national level: improving the lives of ordinary people.

Power to the People is a genuinely new, truly American story, one that weaves together articulate ideas and bold actions. It is a fascinating, eye-opening look at what states can achieve -- and the most compelling evidence that they should be allowed to try. Thompson breathes life into the crucial, often overlooked words of the Tenth Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."