A Nation of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great

Perhaps no other issue has been and continues to be as important to Governor Rendell as America's dire need to rebuild and reinvest in its infrastructure. As Governor, Rendell worked with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to create an organization called "Building America's Future." The organization focuses on the need for a more significant investment in American infrastructure projects to ensure that America maintains its place as a global economic power. Governor Rendell currently serves as Co-Chair of the organization and travels throughout the country speaking about this issue.

He is also an NBC News political analyst, providing his trademark straightforward and colorful analysis on both NBC News and its sister cable channel, MSNBC.

His book "A Nation of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great" was released in June 2012.

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In EDUCATION:

• Student achievement rose at every grade level and in every subject

• Pennsylvania became a national leader in early childhood investment

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Regarding TAXES AND JOBS, his accomplishments include:

• Providing urgently needed property tax relief to homeowners

• Saving taxpayers nearly $800 million in the first year of a statewide property tax relief from gaming revenues

• Investing more than $2.8 billion to create new jobs, keeping Pennsylvania's unemployment rate lower than the national average

• Raising the minimum wage for the first time in a decade

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In the areas of ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT:

• Pennsylvania became a leader in pursuing energy independence, creating jobs in the emerging alternative energy economy while developing effective strategies to reduce dependence on foreign oil and save families money

• In addition, Gov. Rendell won passage of the landmark Growing Greener 2 environmental investment package. The $625 million initiative is cleaning up rivers and streams, improving parks, returning abandoned industrial sites to productive use, protecting open space and preserving farmland.