John H. Lee

Managing Balances for Peace in Our Life, Country, and World: We Can Learn from Recession, Conflict, and War John H. Lee

People have to face the recession. This book presents several solutions and funding options. In Chapter 2, a new self-supporting social security system is developed, which may replace our existing system. People can know exact monthly payments from their social security earnings. A similar system that is used to balance Medicare. There are several personal balances. In Chapter 6, the new LG tax system is developed to simplify the existing tax systems and reduce tax processing/analysis time and cost for individuals, corporations, and governments. Social conflict between the poor and the rich is an important issue. Balances on personal and social levels are discussed. Many people would like to become leaders of governments. What do they look for? Several reasons and issues are analyzed. In Chapter 8, two significant factors are presented as the common grounds for people with different religious and non-religious faiths. In Chapter 9, the four country developmental stages are discussed. Good or balanced governance provides fair policies, leading to stable and peaceful development at the lowest social cost. It is hoped that people and government leaders would manage different balances, leading to more peace.