At the end of the day…

Posted in Uncategorized - 20 January 2012 - No comment

Copied in below is the latest update to the “Possible Solutions” page:

Here’s the bottom line – at the end of the day there is only one system that is going to work and that’s one where all ‘taxes’ are voluntary and targeted. The citizens of a ‘country’, ‘community’, call what you will, donate money to the causes that they wish to support, be it national defense, infrastructure, whatever. We underestimate the power and willingness of individuals to get things done for the greater good. As long as we have a system where wealth is extorted from the population by the threat of force we will have unending problems of compliance, enforcement and reliance. Furthermore we have entered a new age that will be dominated by the free flow of information. Transparency is mighty force in it’s own right. When we combine transparency with the threat of ostracism I believe we will be amazed at just how willing people and organizations will be to step forward to contribute to, and sacrifice for, a common cause.

How do we get from here to there? I have no idea. I guess we’re going to have to spend 40 years in a desert. I don’t think we can plot a course. It’s going to happen regardless, and it’s going to happen in it’s own way. The best we can hope to do is be as prepared as possible for the inevitable (to put it mildly) turbulence ahead.

 

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