No, They Can't: Why Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed

The government is not a neutral arbiter of truth. It never has been. It never will be. Doubt everything. John Stossel does. A self-described skeptic, he has dismantled societys sacred cows with unerring common sense. Now he debunks the most sacred of them all: our intuition and belief that government can solve our problems. In No, They Cant, the New York Times bestselling author and Fox News commentator insists that we discard that idea of the perfect governmentleft… (más)

The government is not a neutral arbiter of truth. It never has been. It never will be. Doubt everything. John Stossel does. A self-described skeptic, he has dismantled societys sacred cows with unerring common sense. Now he debunks the most sacred of them all: our intuition and belief that government can solve our problems. In No, They Cant, the New York Times bestselling author and Fox News commentator insists that we discard that idea of the perfect governmentleft or rightand retrain our brain to look only at the facts, to rethink our lives as independent individualsand fast.

With characteristic tenacity, John Stossel outlines and exposes the fallacies and facts of the most pressing issues of todays social and political climateand shows how our intuitions about them are, frankly, wrong:

the unreliable marriage between big business, the media, and unions

the myth of tax breaks and the ignorance of their advocates

why central planners never create more jobs and how government never really will

why free trade workswithout government Interference

federal regulations and the trouble they create for consumers

the harm caused to the disabled by government protection of the disabled

the problems (social and economic) generated by minimum-wage laws

the destructive daydreams of health insurance for everyone

bad food vs. good food and the governments intrusive, unwelcome nanny sensibilities

the dumbing down of public education and teachers unions

how gun control actually increases crime

. . . and more myth-busting realities of why the American people must wrest our lives back from a government stranglehold.

Stossel also reveals how his unyielding desire to educate the public with the truth caused an irreparable rift with ABC (nobody wanted to hear the point-by- point facts of ObamaCare), and why he left his long-running stint for a new, uncensored forum with Fox. He lays out his ideas for education innovation as well and, finally, makes it perfectly clear why government action is the least effective and desirable fantasy to hang on to. As Stossel says, Its not about electing the right people. Its about narrowing responsibilities. No, They Cant is an irrefutable first step toward that goal.