Let's be clear from the beginning: America is at a precipice. Sitting still is not an option.
Our problems, while not hopeless, are urgent. And they require rediscovering something fundamental that we have lost: our shared sense of purpose.
Before 12 million of our soldiers began returning from the battlefields of Europe and the Pacific in 1945, America passed the GI Bill to open the doors to college education and homeownership. After the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957, America set its sights on sending a man to the moon - and marshaled its brains and resources to make it happen.
These were meaningful and long-reaching decisions inspired by national purpose, a public will to action and, yes, an awareness that our survival was at stake. They ushered in an extraordinary period of prosperity and innovation.
But that was then.
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Author: William C. Harris and Steven C. Beschloss
