Today’s tax policies further divides Americans? • The top 0.1% of Americans today pay far less taxes than between 1930 and 1970 (Fig. 1). • The total wealth of all U. S. billionaires is almost double the $2.1 trillion in wealth held by the bottom half of Americans.

What barriers stand in the way of good government at both state and national levels? •Partisan gerrymandering. •The Senate’s filibuster. •The electoral college. •Senate representation. •Corruption. visit: johngeymanmd.org buy a book: amazon.com/Are-We-United-Sta…

Our values & beliefs compared with our founders. The future of democracy in America depends on: •Fundamental beliefs & constitutional principles. (Figure 1) •Americans agreeing on basic facts. •The effects of white supremacy & hate group beliefs. •Keeping majority rule.

John’s recent book tries to answer these questions: •What does the current electoral map of the U. S. look like? (Figure 1). •How do anti-government and hate disrupt the election process? visit: johngeymanmd.org buy a book: amazon.com/Are-We-United-Sta…

HOW HAVE OUR POLITICAL PARTIES BECOME SO POLARIZED? John’s recent book, Are We the United States of America? Can We Hold Together as One Country? answers these questions, so important with democracy again on the ballot in 2024: johngeymanmd.org

John’s recent book, Are We the United States of America? Can We Hold Together as One Country? deals with these forces as they relate to our sense of community: •Diversity and racial divide. •Decline of the middle class with wage stagnation. •Increasing inequality.