What the Average American Can Do to Have a Say in Government Policy

    NEW YORK, NY, November 27, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- A recent study (1) released by Princeton researcher Martin Gilens and Northwestern researcher Benjamin I. Page proved what most average Americans feel in their gut, that they have virtually no say in the government policies that effect their lives. Studying the relative influence on nearly 2,000 policy issues over two decades, the study showed that average Americans (those in the 50th percentile of income) "to have only minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact on public policy." The study went on to show how the greatest influence on government policy came from "economic elites."

It's no wonder that regardless of what party controls what branch of government, the American people disapprove of the job of their government in historical numbers. (2) The researchers conclude that the growing influence of large corporations and a small group of wealthy individuals even threaten America's claim to be a democratic society. "So what are average American's to do?" asks attorney-novelist Matt McMahon.

"The first step is to put a clear face on the problem," McMahon says. "Not just a generalized sense of disapproval that can be manipulated by political spin doctors paid by corporate funds. An understanding that the very foundation of our free democratic society is in danger of disappearing more certainly than the buffalo on the great plains."

In his near-future political thriller, The Blue Folio, McMahon uses the gripping story of a new constitutional convention in 2037, the 250th anniversary of the original constitutional convention, to make today's political and corporate self-dealing the highest crime in the United States. Power and greed seep back into politics, however, until 2059 when the President faces a potential death penalty that could return the country to the dark ages of corporate control.

"Politicians will never voluntarily give up the money flowing from corporations and economic elites," McMahon says. That change can only come from a movement by average Americans - the 99%. Not just a reactionary flash movement like Occupy Wall Street. (3) The call for a constitutional convention in 2037 would give average Americans over 22 years to consider, discuss and implement changes that would eliminate the abuses which now dominate our government.

The Blue Folio is available for purchase in paperback and e-book format at Amazon and other fine retailers. More information and purchase details are available at www.mattmcmahonbooks.com.

(1) http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9354310
(2) http://www.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx
(3) http://occupywallst.org/

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