I don't believe that real altruism exists (except maybe within a very close family). When people give to non-profits or other worthy causes, they are trying to achieve goals important to them for selfish reasons, whether they've thought those reasons out very well or not.

The book sounds interesting, but either you do not understand what "altruism" means philosophically. I wish you would have consulted us before you started down this line that somehow altruism can ever be squared with objectivism.

Auguste Comte was the person who created altruism and this is what he had to say.
Auguste Comte's version of altruism calls for living for the sake of others. One who holds to either of these ethics is known as an "altruist."

The word "altruism" (French, altruisme, from autrui: "other people", derived from Latin alter: "other") was coined by Auguste Comte, the French founder of positivism, in order to describe the ethical doctrine he supported. He believed that individuals had a moral obligation to renounce self-interest and live for others. Comte says, in his Catéchisme Positiviste,[2] that:

[The] social point of view cannot tolerate the notion of rights, for such notion rests on individualism. We are born under a load of obligations of every kind, to our predecessors, to our successors, to our contemporaries. After our birth these obligations increase or accumulate, for it is some time before we can return any service.... This ["to live for others"], the definitive formula of human morality, gives a direct sanction exclusively to our instincts of benevolence, the common source of happiness and duty. [Man must serve] Humanity, whose we are entirely."

Hopefully you can see that this is completely incompatible with objectivism.

altruism is immoral to begin with. the world is being destroyed at this very moment because governments to include the that of the usa are altruistic and the people (I think the missing links) from the arab world are pushing their way into countries so they can be taken care of. of course the governments who are allowing or encouraging this activity do not care who has to support them; tax payers of each country. If you as an individual happen to want to help someone or 100 that is your business and should never be discussed otherwise.
I also think you want to promote your book.

Looking forward to perusing your book. Sounds thought provoking. So many people today appear "owned" by their possessions instead of the other way around. That baffles me. I have always regarded money as a tool and something to be both earned and paid fairly. I believe my view had to do with a somewhat unique upbringing by parents who survived and were shaped by the Great Depression. They were incredibly versatile people in addition to having chosen careers. My father told some interesting tales, and one that stuck with me for a variety of reasons was that as a young man during the depression he had worked in tomato and cabbage fields in the Deep South (truck farming). He noted that most days he took bread to the field (wrapped in paper or often fabric even) and that his lunch consisted of a tomato sandwich made on the spot. He told tales of produce buyers from the north who would 'fix' prices among themselves that didn't even allow farmers to break-even... much less make any profit. He vividly recalled huge box car sized piles of cabbages that farmers dumped alongside the railroad tracks and doused with kerosene to make them unfit for human consumption because they would rather destroy the produce than sell at a loss. When I noted that not only had they lost the investment of their time and what ever money they could have gotten, he said. "The difference is, we knew we weren't going to starve-- that we could farm, hunt, and take care of ourselves--and we were not going to be beaten into submission by those who refused to trade value for value because they believed they had us over a barrel. Money is only a tool, child. Your mind and your ability to develop a wide variety of useful skills are the most important things you have. Be versatile. Be competent. Never take advantage of another, but never sell yourself short either."

I for one will take a look. Thank you.

As an aside, I've often wondered if the quote, "the wanting of money is the root of all evil" could be altered to read "...the route of all money". In today's environment I think 'route' might be more appropriate.

Sounds like an interesting book.
I will say, from what I have learned; those that blame money as the root of evil are the very same one's that blame the gun, the drink, the corporations and at the very same time it is they that have usurped, stolen and used it for demented purpose while the rest of us simply use it as a medium of trade, (anything we might agree has intrinsic value for all). We use it for survival, food, health, retirement and to help others as well. Those [that are normal] that have in abundance, use it to capitalize others so that they'll hopefully do the same; this exchange is what makes the world go round...not the medium itself.
Ayan was correct in pointing out that our wealth, our property and our ideas are ours to do as we please.
I say, Humans will naturally, without cause nor pointed fingers will always share what ever abundance they have with those they have determined worthy.