2024- The Handbook for Political and Cultural Change
This book has specific proposals for meaningful change and how to achieve them. The book is essential for any student, activist, or citizen who wants to engage in designing a world that more closely reflects the values we hold today. It addresses problems in the election process, problems with capital and labor by advocating all workers have a living wage with disposable income among other changes. For consumers it places caps on interest rates, advocates product guarantees for quality and satisfaction as well as optional universal healthcare for those who want it. It uses a flat tax for revenue collection that is lower than today's tax rates and caps the total tax burden at 35 percent for working people. There is a tax freeze at the current levels for the working class and a wealth tax that is devoted to helping those among us who struggle.
On the international front there are proposals for freezing the borders, demilitarization, a ban on WMDs, and a system of checks and balances to limit rogue nations from being capable of engaging in armed conflicts. It advocates software programs that will enable people to communicate directly with one another on a local basis as well as internationally and much more.
Designing a World We Would Like to Live In...
The American Dream should be restored and America should be number one in the issues important to a vibrant middle class. We want both government and commerce to focus on middle class ideals.
America should be among the countries with the highest standard of living for it's people. The government should also protect the citizens from the elements of the society that would oppress or exploit citizens. As the richest country ever to be on earth, America should not have a underclass of people.
America is a capitalist society, but the ultimate goal of our society should not be to achieve a perfect free enterprise system but to achieve human progress. Therefore companies must also be good citizens and must have a social conscience in partnering with workers, treating customers equitably, and not ruining the earth or overly consuming our natural resources. Worker incomes should be among the highest in the world in relative terms where citizens enjoy a wide margin of disposable income.
In the modern era, individual citizens can not represent themselves adequately against well organized business with vast corporations so the government shall need to protect the people as workers, customers, and general citizens.
Workers need to be assured of receiving a living wage and have disposable income. There should be caps on borrowing rates and caps on other items where free enterprise has not keep costs down and wages up.
In other areas, housing and other basics items should be available and affordable. Quality healthcare must be universally available and at a cost in line with what of the other countries in the world. This can be done through government, quasi government, or by private providers. Learning should be an important part of daily society and higher education should be affordable and competitive in terms of both quality and price when compared to other countries in the world. These are just some of the things that America should reach for in a changing world. Having a land of millionaires is not enough to sustain the country in a modern world. Other countries are making great strides toward human progress and America can not afford to be left behind.
Progressive People Must Get Involved
As destructive power increases it is essential that we become a more reasonable people. Currently too many able people sit on the sidelines while the governments around the world are directed by special interests, by fear mongers, and by alarmist. Modern and forward thinking people need to become more involved and more outspoken. If you cannot do take part to raise others out of the human struggle then do it to keep backward thinking people from regressing society. Consider that the world is just one suitcase bomb away from self destruction. Certainly, it does take some effort but you will be surprised how few people it takes to make a difference.