{"product_id":"9780692676707","title":"How to Change a Law: The intelligent consumer's 7-step guide. Improve your community, influence your country, impact the world.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Change a Law: The Intelligent Consumer's 7-Step Guide - Improve Your Community, Influence Your Country, And Impact The World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a simple, do-it-yourself manual for voters, small business owners, and policy advocates who want to take political action, influence leaders and change laws. This book is for you if you ever wanted to change a law, thought a law was unfair or unjust, or just felt confused by bureaucracy. It provides a better understanding of policy change and political persuasion (also known as lobbying, a long-term solution to political frustration, apathy, and boredom). Once you understand the power of lobbying, you will be able to improve your community, influence leaders, and impact the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll learn how to change policy through a process that is simple, accessible and affordable, not by voting for politicians. We're not talking about getting people elected to office, but rather helping our elected leaders find solutions to problems that affect all of us, issues like student debt, gun violence, immigration, cyber security, privacy, ISIS, energy independence, healthcare, taxes, and so on. Collectively, we can take control of our shared political destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world is changing, and we need a way for average citizens to come together around issues, build coalitions, fund their initiatives, and intelligently pursue their agenda. We need a platform that is affordable, independent, unbiased, nonpartisan, and issue-agnostic so everyone can participate in it. 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