Furthermore, have you ever calculated how much you will have paid in income taxes to your government once you retire from work? If you pay, for example, 250 USD in income taxes every month, after 45 years of work, you will have contributed 205,137 USD (considering an annual inflation rate of 1.75%). That is a substantial amount of money. Plus, the hundreds of thousands you will have paid in sales taxes, real estate taxes, and others. Among other objectives, these contributions help to pay for the salaries of each of the hundreds of elected politicians in our countries (senators, representatives, presidents, governors, mayors, justices). Do you find it worthwhile to have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes so our government leaders can make a living? Will you have paid for the salaries of honest and diligent leaders, eager promoters of the progress of our nations? Or will you have allowed dishonorable, incompetent, and deceitful politicians to remain in office?
This is the primary purpose of this booklet: to attempt to promote mechanisms that we as citizens can enforce to ensure that the best leaders govern our nations and strategies to incentivize citizens to participate more and positively impact our countries.