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Reform the Kakistocracy: Rule by the Least Able or Least Principled Citizens

Reform the Kakistocracy: Rule by the Least Able or Least Principled Citizens, by William L. Kovacs, is the winner of the Independent Press Awards, 2021 Social/Political Change category. In 2020 Reform the Kakistocracy was given the Bronze Award by the Nonfiction Authors Association and received five-star reviews from Readers' Favorite.

The book sets out how the federal government transformed itself from one of limited powers to one of immense power without any constitutional changes. Kovacs states, “These changes in institutional power fundamentally affect the relationship of citizens to their government. Government is now the master and citizens the servants of government. The loyalty of today's elected officials is to political party and interest groups, not to solving problems for citizens.”

The result of this transformation is decades of policy failures, harmful wealth inequality, a health care system costing two times more than in other industrialized nations, and the imposition of such a massive amount of debt that citizens will eventually live-in involuntary servitude to the federal government.

Unlike many books on government reform, Reform the Kakistocracy does not let the reader dangle with fuzzy proposals. It presents a clear, thought-provoking ideas for reforming government to make it work for citizens, not politicians. Proposals range from electing officials who will function as fiduciaries to citizens, not as politicians serving interest groups; devolution of power to states; Congress reclaiming powers it delegated to the executive and courts; creative ways to reduce federal debt; mechanisms to ensure government transparency and many other innovative principles of governance.

by William L. Kovacs



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