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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 wealth tax to help those among us who struggle.

On the international front there are proposals for freezing the borders, demilitarization, a ban on WMD, and a system of checks and balances to limit rogue nations from being able to engage 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.

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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 and 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 it to raise others out of the great struggle then do it to keep backward thinking people from directing our governments. After all, we are but one suitcase bomb away from self destruction. It does take some effort but you will be surprised how few people it takes to make a difference.

These are Things We Can Do... Together

These are admirable goals that would make a difference and are they achievable with one essential ingredient. It takes effort. If you want a better world people will need to band together at home and abroad. My book tells you how to do it or at least it projects ideal and proposals that could lead to human progress. Somewhere in my writings you will come across elements you have not considered before. It is worth the read.

Moving Humanity to the Next Level in Human Development

1-The Basis of Human Cooperation. There are three philosophical foundations to for modern people to life by: The Common Good, The Common Benefit, and Civility.

2- A Less Commercial Society. The object will not be individual wealth, but building a robust middle class, although there will continue to be those who are exceedingly prosperous. We will start this is the USA but it is planned to be a worldwide event.

3- Socially Responsible Capitalism. Highlights are minimum wages at two times the poverty level. In the U.S. there will be a cap credit rates. In the US a private universal healthcare that receives government funds till it is self sufficient in exchange for providing care for Medicaid and the traditional non insured. Stocks will be taxed at 2 percent to pay for higher education. We should also have fewer TV commercials on television reducing with two break periods that last no more than five minutes per half hour. Companies, particularly large chain stores and industries, will be offered a tax incentive to bring their employees into company ownership at 25 percent of the company. It will help with retention and increase quality as well as offer the employees more benefits.

4-Methods to Move People Out of Poverty and into the Middle class. I offer several programs from company incentives to hire those in welfare and other forms of assistance to helping people become self-sufficient.

5-Limitation on Taxes. The working class will not bear the burden for change. New programs are not paid for with income taxes. No individual will pay more than 33 percent in actual tax on income. The Ultra rich may be taxed or asked for voluntary contributions of 10 percent.

6- A New Political Arena. Elected officials have to record all conversation's and correspondence with any person, group, or company that has made a political contribution. We must, bring back the Fairness Doctrine. It will resolve many current divisions. To exchange views we must be able to communicate. We should have coast to coast internet and phone reception. This should be true worldwide. It may seem a better or for worse proposal on some days but in the end it is essential part of arriving into the new world.

7-The Big Picture- Based on the three foundations of human organization I listed above, we must place all emphasis on becoming a non-violent people, a non violent human race. We will need to urge third world countries to jump forward from culture tendencies that have prevented human progress for their people. There should not be any mass poverty or mass hunger. All individuals must be equal in the eyes of the law. In this day and age all children, all people in fact, must have a shelter from the elements, food to eat, and the other basics need to survive. Helping others is what makes us human. Certainly in America there should not be any homeless.

8- We shall also tackle the age old problem of war. Restricting countries through public and commercial pressure, countries should no longer have ambitions beyond their own borders. All military should be defensive in nature and we should keep pushing for denuclearization as well as a a removal of all WMDs including landmines mines.

9- Ecology. It is time to return to preserving the planet for future generations. Our children and future generations will need cleaner water, clear air, and land to continue to flourish as a species.

10- Animal Rights. I have been of several minds on the subject of urging people not to slaughter animals. For me there is not question. I have been a vegetarian for half a century. But most humans are so socialized to consider eating animal meat a essential and a point of status. For them eating meal is not complete without it. I do not want to jeopardize the other important changes that must be made by tie in this requirement to forgo animal slaughter, but it is not civilized and it is not necessary. In fact, it cost more in energy and is more harmful to the environment to do so.

Jim Davis, Author

I think for most people I would recommend the latest version of my ideology as it lists most all of my proposals in the brief style that many people have asked for. Brevity is the modern way. The "Paradise" book was pretty complete when I wrote it and it does spell out ideals a bit longer and sometimes with a little more background. "The Political Handbook" pretty much has the ideas and ideals the the progressive side of the street seems to be lacking lately. It is time to move on or become irrelevant in the world and it is true at home too. The Handbook will certainly get the politically interested person thinking about the possibilities for a new and better world. It has something for everyone , even conservatives. Conservatives are not wrong all the time and we have to move together as a group so all sides will need to be vested. Conservatives will have to have their way on certain items for that to occur.

My writings center on what I call my 'trilogy of ideals' for human advancement I collectively call Jimism. The "Paradise" book along with other previous writings cover two of those ideals (the common good and the common benefit) by centering on change in American political and economic policies and on fairness, equity, and developing a vibrant middle class. The Political Handbook is a more cryptic book listing many proposals and ideals to bring forth the human progress discussed in the Paradise book and more.

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