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Published by: Silver Bullet Press
Release Date: May 31, 2024
Pages: 27
ISBN13: 979-8990813106

 
Overview

Bad-Ass Solutions explores and provides solutions to problems that happen to coincide with issues that Gallup, (world renowned for its public opinion polls), reports are the most important issues to all Americans.

For example:

•  The US economy is fragile, with Americans’ jobs, income and retirement always vulnerable. The Federal Reserve uses completely outdated perspective and tools. The FED is actually more responsible for making the economy worse, than helping.

•  Guns and crime are totally out of control. Americans are not safe. We are being robbed, beaten, addicted and killed. We are fearful for our lives.

•  The homeless, addicted and mentally ill are suffering terribly and are living in horrible conditions throughout the US. Cities, sidewalks, parks and freeway exits look as bad or worse than most third world countries.

•  The economic differences between the wealthy and the poor in the US is tragic and frightening. Revolution is not unthinkable. The public schools were supposed to be the main common starting line where all Americans have an equal opportunity for success. They’re failing terribly and actually exacerbate the haves/haves-not chasm, not cure it.

•  Carbon emission pollution is not even close to getting resolved, so global warming will continue to cause the ice sheets to melt so much that the ocean levels will likely rise enough this century to flood and destroy all coastal cities and islands.

•  Russia and China have always been threats. However, they are currently more joined together and are escalating tensions against the US and its interests.

•  The problems of abortion, immigration, taxes, healthcare, drugs, wars, elections and housing costs are daily frustrations to most Americans.

Most of us believe these immense problems are too damn big for any of us to do anything meaningful about them, much less, have any idea where to start. This book addresses – AND SOLVES these seemingly impossible challenges.

Do you want to help make things better? Or, are you concerned, frightened, frustrated or angry:

• That our lives are so vulnerable to the many different Big-Ass Problems?
• That our government dances around the problems and does little or nothing other than blame the other party?
• That our country is so polarized by political ideologies and party lines that our fellow citizens feel like enemies rather than partners?
• That you’ve lost loved ones or have been hurt yourself because of drugs, gangs, gun violence or mental illness?
• That our polluted planet is literally gasping to survive the damage from humans?
• That treatment for an illness to you or your loved ones will be unaffordable, inaccessible or even bankrupt you?

Mitch agrees! That’s why he wrote the book. It’s for all of us who care about these issues and want them resolved. There really are great solutions to help us solve these seemingly impossible problems.

As just a regular guy, Mitch wrote this book in a way that we “normal” people can relate to and even enjoy. He’s also not "political." That's important, because there's little room for partisanship when trying to tackle important issues that affect all of us. It makes sense to problem-solve together. Having no horse in the race is just what’s needed for unbiased perspective and creativity.

That said, you will likely read some solutions or statements that you will make you unhappy with Mitch, assuming he’s a liberal asshole, or alternately, a conservative asshole. At some point, you will probably think you have him pegged. You’ll be sure he’s a democrat, then sure he’s a republican. He never declares.

Mitch said, “In the real world, apart from the party-line politicians, aren’t we all actually liberal on some issues and conservative on others? It seems everyone I talk to is this way. This thoughtfulness and flexibility I find in real Americans gives me hope. We need to bypass the intractable loyalty to rigid party positions to actually accomplish something.”

Mitch says he, “despises the term ‘thinking outside the box.’ It’s so overused that people who come up with an idea, no matter how mundane such as putting the jelly on the bread before the peanut butter, believe they’re thinking outside the box.” He continues, “thinking outside the box is not very different from coloring outside the lines.”

Mitch began writing this book shortly after his brother-in-law’s brother was shot and killed during a Fourth of July parade near his home in Highland Park, Illinois by a crazed young man with assault rifles. Steve Straus was an incredibly kind and brilliant man, who was deeply loved and respected by his family and all who knew him. His surviving brother is someone with whom Mitch is extremely close. His brother-in-law will suffer from this terrible loss forever. This family tragedy hurt and frustrated Mitch. It ultimately made him expand his view to all of the problems and he says, “it kicked his ass into doing something –including writing this book.”

You probably have your own story, about how the problems in this book have negatively impacted you or someone you care about.

At the beginning of every chapter are relevant and often humorous quotes from people you likely know of. Mitch hopes you enjoy their wit and wisdom as much as he has, collecting their quips for decades.

You’ll find each chapter provides great information and even a fun experience. And, most importantly, be sure to read the final chapter in this book, which provides solutions to one final problem, perhaps the most important of all: how to help get the Bad-Ass Solutions in this book enacted!

“When the people lead, the leaders will follow.” – Mahatma Gandhi

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Foreword

Bad-Ass Solutions surprised me in that Mitch Francis has taken on how to solve twenty of the most dire problems currently facing Americans and even the world. The problems range from: 20 million assault rifles currently in the US; to our disastrous public schools; to the crippling US deficit and debt. Even more surprisingly, he has actually devised amazing, real solutions that are fascinating and actually doable. For example, one of my major interests and concerns is global warming and environmental sustainability. Mitch’s solution for stopping the rising ocean levels due to the melting polar ice caps is really new and extremely interesting to me – a truly fabulous Bad-Ass Solution!

We are facing massive problems that politicians and news pundits constantly argue about but rarely do anything to resolve. As a society, we need to change the current discourse from complaining and blaming, to successfully resolving these problems without the restraints of rigid political party ideologies. Mitch’s refreshingly non-political work sets the table for this new direction of actually solving our problems together.

While I don’t totally agree with every one of Mitch’s solutions, I found the book to be an enjoyable, interesting, and highly educational read. If any of the solutions offered in the book catch on, which you can help create, it could spark real change that would benefit millions. If you agree with me, once you read this book, I encourage you to buy another copy and send it to someone who can join with you in pushing one or more of these ideas forward. Let's start a movement to implement some of these solutions and actually get things done.

— Jack Canfield, Coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series and The Success Principles™: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be