In DIRECT DEMOCRACY, a novel laced with facts, Bo Gunnar Grundberg offers solutions to the runaway U.S. debt through Internet-based direct democracy. Gone are lobbyist-owned elected representatives. Gone is the Federal Reserve. Gone is the IRS. In their place, the American people vote directly on issues that impact their lives. Sometimes Grundberg tickles the funny bone; other times, his ideas serve as a wake-up call. Beneath it all are some hard truths that many Americans might think are part of the novel; in this case, however, truth is scarier than fiction.