One of the advantages of the book's having been out there for more than a quarter century is that there's been time for people to report back on what it's done for them.

In fact at least two Canadian provinces have similar public insurance schemes. ) is an idea original with him. Tobias was the partner of late fashion designer and Democratic political activist Charles Nolan who died on January 30 2011.

Since 1999 he has been the treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. His main body of work is on investment but he has also written on politics insurance and other topics.