The Handbook for Political and Cultural Change (Second Edition, New for 2025)

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.

Summary of the Top Proposals for Change:

Nonpartisan and rank voting
Term limits for office holders including the Supreme Court
Minimum wage indexed to the poverty level ($23.29)
Work must produce disposable income
A graduated flat rate income tax
Full-coverage healthcare that is 40 percent less expensive
Partial employee ownership of large corporations
Expand sunshine laws to include campaign contributors
A cap on interest rates to 1955 levels of 4 and 5 percent
Workplace assurances and consumer protections
A wealth tax on the top one percent
A Wall Street tax and lottery for student loan payoffs
A tax freeze on the middle class taxes
A 35 percent limit on the total taxation for the middle class
A wealth, windfall, and import tax for world issues.