ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book shows that the impact of extreme capitalism on children; on the poor and the sick and the elderly; on minorities; on women; on workers, especially young Americans; on soldiers; and on all average Americans, including the middle class and those just above and below, increasingly disposable to the fortunate minority at the top of the wealth distribution. It describes a process of Americide, the gradual killing off of the once-vibrant middle class of our society. The violence begins with economic oppression. But the resulting disparities in wealth and income have increasingly caused physical damage, both in the health of the American people and in the surge in violence in our poverty-stricken urban communities. The book presents a guaranteed income will only come about if 35 years of redistribution to the rich is reversed through the ideas and proposals.
