An excerpt from Judge Judy Sheindlin's
KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID: YOU'RE SMARTER THAN YOU LOOK

"During my years in family court, I have seen a dramatic deterioration in the lives of adults and children. At the same time, there has been a dramatic increase in expensive public programs. We are spending a fortune and the result is failure. The recipients of these monies are in the same or worse shape than before, and the consequences are all around us:

More and meaner delinquents
More unwanted children
More abused children
More dysfunctional adults
More teenage pregnancies

By shifting the emphasis from individual responsibility to governmen responsibility, we have infantilized an entire population."

The foregoing is excerpted from Keep It Simple Stupid: You're Smarter Than You Look by Judy Sheindlin. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced without written permission from HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022

Judge Judy is America's #1 television courtroom judge and a prolific writer with six New York Times best selling books to her credit. Her books cover issues that range from the moral collapse of our society, to personal empowerment, to the vastly important task of raising ethical and responsible children.

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• Don't Pee on my Leg and Tell Me It's Raining: America's Toughest Family Court Judge Speaks Out
• Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever: The Making of a Happy Woman
• You're Smarter than You Look: Uncomplicating Relationships in Complicated Times
• Keep It Simple Stupid: You're Smarter Than You Look
• Judge Judy Sheindlin's You Can't Judge a Book by its Cover: Cool Rules for School