Under a properly managed commonwealth, one need not borrow nor lend, for the needs of the coming generation are settled before they are born. We are equal, and our needs for food, shelter, education, healthcare and productivity are universal. We all must contribute to production to enjoy consumption. Nobody is truly free without trade, but how we trade is vitally important. We fix the roof when the sun shines, but we do not anticipate the need for our neighbor’s children to have a roof. If government cannot organize labor and materials to accomplish the common good across generations, then it has no good purpose. As Paine wrote, we can suffer more with a government than we would without one, but in every case, we suffer by our own hand. We are government, and have always been.
It is not our neighbor that is being enslaved by our poor choices, but our own offspring. We are preying upon the next generation as we were preyed upon by the previous generation. We must stop this cycle of perpetual predation. Here, where we live, and today.
Our economy has three central problems: inflation, volatility and waste. These are all symptoms with a mathematical cause. We need a mathematical cure for a mathematical problem. We are creating our own misery, and our suffering will increase in all three areas proportionate to our persistence, and decrease in proportion to our adoption of the following proposals.
Proposals:
1. Abolish the paying and taking of Interest.
2. Abolish the selling of Insurance.
3. Abolish the State Lottery.
4. Abolish the levying of Property Taxes. (Town budgets will be set solely by revenue from the state, and the people of the town can contribute to the betterment of the town privately. Sales and income taxes will remain.)
5. Abolish all fees, tolls, permit costs and mini-taxes at the state and local level.
6. Abolish the Bottle Bill.
7. Abolish primary elections and declarations of political party and set-up general elections with preferential voting mechanisms.
8. Abolish collective bargaining and in its place establish a universal wage based on age, circumstances and job classification.
9. Abolish pricing fluctuations, sales, club discounts, coupons, etc. Manufacturers and wholesalers are required to sell the same good at the same price to all clients, regardless of volume. Retail stores must sell the same good at the same price to all customers. Prices in retail stores can only fluctuate once every 180 days for non-perishable goods. Government will not directly control the price or the discount rates, but pricing used by businesses must be uniformly applied and stable.
10. All towns are to assume by eminent domain all commercial space within their towns, except farmland and businesses that are used as housing owner-occupied. Commercial entities will operate rent-free with the town holding title to the land and building, but not to the contents. The town will continue to manage through permits what industries and services the town sites and help and encourage citizens to take on the necessary roles in the production of material wealth. The town will not evict or harm any existing business, rather it will be a partner in ensuring the success of every business instead of being a punisher of commerce. Violations of standards will be dealt with by remediation, not punishment. Henceforth, all new businesses will conform to universal wage standards.
11. All large-scale rented housing must be owned and managed by non-profit corporations subject to universal wage standards. For-profit ownership of housing is abolished. No consideration is made for investors.
12. Establish a non-profit housing mortgage bank that lends funds at 0% with no fees of any kind. Overhead of the bank is supported through general funds of the State. Mortgages should not exceed ten years. Local independent banks may participate in this program.
