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The Hobby Lobby Decision: Back To Slavery or Unto Socialism?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Consider the following two passages from the SCOTUS Hobby
Lobby Decision:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“Protecting the free-exercise
rights of closely held corporations thus protects the religious liberty of the
humans who own and control them.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“ … no conceivable definition of
“person” includes natural persons and non- profit corporations, but not
for-profit corporations.” </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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These mean that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>corporations<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are to be treated as persons, with rights
protected under the constitution; and,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>corporations exist to protect the rights of the humans who own and
control them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The quotes essentially
imply that,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Protecting
the free-exercise rights of closely held persons thus protects the <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>constitutional rights of the persons
who own and control them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>decision is
clearly about protecting the rights of persons who own and control other
persons.<o:p></o:p></div>
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By opening the door through declaring that corporations, as
persons (artificial or natural), have rights enumerated under the U.S.
Constitution, they challenge the rights of natural persons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This occurs since a right that is denied a
corporation, as a person, can be denied to other persons, including
humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of these rights is the right
of not being owned. This right stems from the 13<sup>th</sup> amendment, banning
slavery, since to be a slave is to be owned by another person. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The decision, as elaborated, opens the door
for Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to sue its
owners for civil<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>damages (for being
treated as a slave), and for the government to seek criminal charges against
those owners. Indeed, one could argue that the ACLU, or other civil rights
organizations, have a duty to pursue this in order to protect our society from
falling back into institutionalized slavery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Consider that the Supreme Court based their decisions in the 1880’s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on corporate personhood (Santa Clara County
v. Southern Pacific Railroad, and Pembina Consolidated Silver Mining Co. v.
Pennsylvania) on the 14<sup>th</sup> amendment, intended to protect equal
rights to newly freed slaves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It might
even seem a quid pro quo,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>allowing
slaves to have full rights in exchange for allowing corporations to have the
same rights. It also underscores how morally bankrupt the American corporate
economic system has become. It would be as if a slave owner told his slave to
commit a crime, and it was the slave (and not the slave owner) who bore
criminal responsibility while the slave owner received all the pecuniary
benefits. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This also leaves the Supreme Court in a bind. The
constitutionally sound approach, based on precedent, would be to expand the
rights of corporations, which would mean the emancipation of corporations.
However, this would topple our economic system, since it is the ownership of
corporations that is expressed in the buying and selling<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of equities in the stock market. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Such emancipation may seem a very unlikely outcome, for two
competing yet complimentary reasons:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fiscal Conservatives would not want to risk
the U.S. economy,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>due to the <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>massive wealth lost when corporations can
not be owned.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Social Liberals would not want corporations
to have exactly<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the same rights <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>as humans citizens.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the other hand, it would be difficult for the court to
overturn its own decision (imagine SCOTUS attempting to make a decision on
whether corporations have the right not to be treated as a slave!). So,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>how do we<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>give rights, but not all rights, to a person?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An alternative might end up looking like the three-fifths,
or the Missouri, compromise. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Another difficult question arises: does a corporate lawyer
protect the rights of the corporation, or of the people who own the
corporation?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clearly, corporations
continue to exist while its ownership changes hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If corporations now have religious liberty
why must the corporations’ religious beliefs be considered identical to its
owners? Why would we believe that a corporation has any beliefs other than
atheism? Again, it seems like a slave owners mentality:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I own you, so your faith must be my faith. It
is easy to imagine that if the owners of a corporation can say what the
corporation’s faith is, they can also say that employees must also act
consistently with such faith as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The failure to emancipate corporations can easily lead America back to
de facto slavery, where humans are just considered a biologically structured
corporation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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However, if the seemingly impossible occurs and corporations
are emancipated, then the Federal government will be in a position to protect
the rights of these corporations, not for the benefit of its owners (as there
will be none) but for the benefit of society (at least as the government
construes “society”).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This would be a
big move in the direction of socialism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>People can still become wealthy, but not through corporate ownership.
The movement of financial capital will be through bonds, and income through
wages, interest and royalties alone. Moreover, if corporations are found guilty
of crimes, based on the 13<sup>th</sup> amendment they can essentially be owned
by the state. It also means that employees of a corporation, even as high up as
a CEO or president, can’t own shares of the corporation. Their compensation may
still be much greater than the average worker, but would have to be paid as
salary/bonus and benefits, as shares in the corporation will no longer be
available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In essence, socialists should
applaud the emancipation of corporations. How ironic that a court seemingly
supporting conservative capitalism, might actually bring about its downfall
through their own ideology!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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While all the attention of the decision has been on the
increased difficulty of receiving reproductive healthcare, the potential loss
of rights of employees, and the possibility of religious tyranny at the work
place - all legitimate concerns- <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
bigger issue of whether capitalism survives and whether we return to slavery or
step into socialism seems to be completely missed. It should be no surprise, in
the 18<sup>th</sup> century the concern was whether persons can be considered
property, now we are dealing with whether property can be considered
persons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A fool and his money are
quickly parted, unless, of course, money is treated as that fool.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Generation App<o:p></o:p></div>
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We have had the Greatest Generation, then Baby Boomers ,
then Generation X, then the Millenials. However, people are still wondering
what to call the generation born in the 21<sup>st</sup> century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suggest the moniker “Generation App.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because, this generation is being raised surrounded by the information
economy, and with the ubiquity of smart phones, it is<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an economy based <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on the production and accumulation of apps.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It is a generation for whom many social interactions are
mediated through an app interface.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are also the generation that will find its peak during <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kurzweil’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so-called “singularity” , where artificial
intelligence<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>may supersede natural
intelligence. It is also a time when the meaning of being a person is changing,
as is seen by Supreme Court decisions assigning the rights of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>natural persons to corporations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a time of high-speed trading where
computer algorithms take the role of traders and decision makers. In other
words,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the individuals of this
generation will be identified by their apps. Indeed, one could argue the
concepts of spirit and soul<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are nothing
other than algorithm and application. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This should be no surprise. Consider how at death an
individual can leave a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>will. What is a
will?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a set of instruction for the
disposal of material assets, including intellectual property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An algorithm is nothing other than<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a set of instructions. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Consider how<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>we understand work<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>applying oneself<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to a task. What is an application?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a set of algorithms that can be applied
to a task.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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It is this generation that will determine the future of
humanity through a cyber-world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Whether one is ruler of the apps, or ruled by apps,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we are seeing the evolution from homo
sapiens<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to homo applicus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are truly turning into the planet of the
apps.<o:p></o:p></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Daxehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238410368922595191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19393611.post-35104227384653533522013-03-24T10:23:00.000-04:002013-03-24T10:23:40.211-04:00The Immorality Premium and Morality Cycles
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In the world of finance, one often talks of a risk premium.
It is how much more an investor must expect to be paid in order to take on
increased risk. This risk arises from the uncertainty over the outcomes of transactions
and investment. In general, the premium flows from the more risk averse to the
less risk averse. Those who have a strong preference against risk (maybe
worries about risk keep them from sleeping at night, or impair them with
anxiety) will trade off lower expected returns for a greater reassurance that
“they have what they have.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those
who are barely bothered by risk (or even enjoy it) find an extra source of
income.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This logic can also be
applied to morality.</div>
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Our society likes to talk of encouraging more ethical/moral
behavior and might suggest increasing the rewards for people being more moral
(and in some religions suggesting that there are heavenly, after-life rewards).
However, as the above suggests, the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>flow of pecuniary benefit will tend to be from those who choose to be
moral, or at least want to be seen as moral, to those who are either
indifferent or disinclined to moral behavior. Indeed, the greater the
discrepancy in moral preference between the most moral and the least moral, the
greater the premium paid by the former to the latter. </div>
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Now, consider<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>the notion of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>moral
capital,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the capacity to behave
morally. This capital is generated when people choose to behave morally, and in
the process show others how to act morally. In particular they must demonstrate
what is to behave morally, as well as the non-pecuniary benefits from it (e.g
being happier).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is reasonable
to assume that part of social cohesion, and hence economic well-being for
society as a whole, is dependent on the amount of moral capital. The existence
of an immorality premium implies an interesting dynamic. As moral capital
increases, the greater the immorality premium. The greater the immorality
premium the stronger the incentive to immorality, and hence a contango of moral
capital. This incentivizes society to become less moral, and a degradation of
well-being. However, this also would be associated with a decreasing immorality
premium. Eventually the premium becomes small enough that moral capital starts
accumulating again, thus generating a morality cycle (similar to a business
cycle).</div>
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As our government attempts to find a revenue and spending
compromise to prevent the U.S. from going over the so-called fiscal cliff, let
us consider three issues that must be addressed: the economic, the political,
and the moral. The economic issue requires a solution that supports a growing
economy. The political issue requires a solution that allows conservatives to
understand the compromise as being consistent with no increase to top tax
rates, and supports private sector solutions to our economic issues, while
liberals would like to higher top rates now. The moral requires a solution that
does not pass on more debt, or less opportunity, for future generations.</div>
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In the debate over whether increased taxes will dampen
economic growth, the focus tends to be on their potential disincentive to
working and making<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>profits. The
argument is that higher taxes means less net income, and hence less incentive
to work and take risks. Now, if all we were concerned about was economic
activity now, and ignored the future, this might make sense (then again, if we
were ignoring the future, then debts and deficits would be meaningless as
well).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, we are concerned
about the future. There is also a concern for the size of government, and
finding private sector solutions through investment and charity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So what supports the private sector to
invest and donate more?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Increased tax rates now, with decreasing rates as the recovery
expands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s how:</div>
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An investment is an expense now, to
generate more income in the future. When tax rates increase, the marginal cost
of that investment decreases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, a one million dollar investment at a 20% tax rate has a net cost of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$800,000, whereas the same investment
at a 40% tax rate has a net cost<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$600,000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Similarly a one million dollar
tax-deductible charitable donation at a 20% tax rate costs the donor only
$800,000 (assuming their income is larger than one million), while a 40% rate
reduces the net cost to $600,000. Charity becomes less expensive. </div>
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A second concept important for a solution is that of average
top tax rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the top tax rate was 35% this year, and
40% the next year,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the average top
tax rate would be 37.5%. </div>
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With this in mind, we can construct a tax policy that
encourages private investment and charitable contributions when the economy
needs stimulus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, we
can increase tax rates temporarily, maybe 2 years, followed by a longer length
of time (e.g. 4 years) when tax rates are lower.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Repeat this pattern as necessary. The increased tax rates
now, combined with the expectation of lower rates in the future, incentivizes
businesses to increase investment now, with an expectation of greater net
returns during the times of lower tax rates. Similarly, it incentivizes
charitable contributions<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>now, at a
time when it would help the economy the most.</div>
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The political beauty of this is the possibility of a tax
plan where both parties can be satisfied. If we look at the average top tax
rate over a cycle of six years, then it is possible to have a higher rate now
while keeping the average the same as it is now. For example, increasing the
top rate to 45% for two years, and then decreasing it to 30% for four years,
maintains an average of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>35% over the
six years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the rate is
higher now, there is a tax benefit for investing now so as to be positioned to
have greater income when the rate is low.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This does not preclude reducing or eliminating deductions and other
loopholes (although changes to these will impact the effectiveness of this
policy), it just makes a tax rate increase now more palatable while encouraging
the private sector to increase supply (through more investment) and demand
(through charitable spending), thereby stimulating growth. The numbers above
are merely illustrative, although they could be a starting point for
negotiation.</div>
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More than this, such a tax plan is consistent with the
morality of avoiding passing on a debt to the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, a debt problem is a REVENUE problem, not a sending
problem. Why? Because even if all spending is eliminated (including the
military), we still have a debt, and interest, to be paid. Revenue will be
required. Second, whatever one believes to be the long-term optimal tax rate,
tax morality would imply paying more in taxes now, relative to those who pay
them in the future. Third, the issue is not just financial debt, it is also the
quality of the country, and economic capacity, we pass on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The greater sin is not the money the
future must pay off; it is reducing their ability to pay it off.</div>
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Consider this question: is it better to leave a $15 trillion
debt with an economy that produces $10 trillion a year, or to leave a $20
trillion debt with an economy that produces $20 trillion a year?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the debt as measured in the
number of years of economic production that is the issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Failing to invest in the future
is not a responsible option. To leave future generations with crumbling
infrastructure, and without a productive education, because we wanted to pay
less taxes now, is the height of selfish myopia. Anyone claiming that we must
reduce these types of spending now, so as not to burden the future with debt,
is disingenuous at best. </div>
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This last point raises another element for a long-run solution:
we could add a debt reduction portion to the tax rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The U.S. currently has a federal debt
of about<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$16 trillion. Let’s say
we commit to paying this off in 50 years, which implies that those who are too
young to work now will have a country with no federal debt when they retire. It
would tax additional revenue of about $320 billion each year (assuming a budget
that is deficit neutral). With a GDP of roughly $15 trillion a year, this would
require an extra tax of about 2%. </div>
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Of course, another possibility would be a mix of higher
taxes and printing money to pay off the debt. While the latter could cause some
inflation,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>any serious attempt at
reducing the debt will have some inconvenience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, leaving the future with higher prices, but with an
otherwise healthy economy, is morally preferable to leaving them with a weak
economy. Including a debt tax implies that our example above would become a 47%
tax rate reducing to 32%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At some
point in the near future, the increase of 2% would have to extend to lower tax
brackets, preferably after the economy has created more jobs.</div>
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The reason for the biggest increase in taxes being in the
upper income brackets is simple. Only those with sizable disposable incomes
(above what they need to pay for their current lifestyle) are in a position to
make significant investments and charitable donations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Presumably this is why some refer to
them as “job creators.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Increasing
the tax rate at lower incomes will do little to generate more investment or
charity, since there is little to no disposable income. </div>
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The use of a short-term increase in the top tax rate, with
an assurance that it will decrease thereafter, combined with a small tax to
start paying off the debt, should be palatable to both democrats and
republicans, liberals and conservative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It includes the conservative argument for a private sector solution of
private investment and increased charity, which they see as necessary to grow
the economy and deal with issues of poverty, while liberals would get a higher top
tax rate now that can support the type of public investments they see as
necessary to grow the economy and balance the budget.</div>
<!--EndFragment-->Daxehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238410368922595191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19393611.post-32780686988008980302012-08-03T14:04:00.000-04:002012-08-03T14:04:29.815-04:00A Balancing Budget AmendmentA balanced budget amendment may have a good intent (making sure that expected revenues equals expected outlays); however, it does not assure that by the end of the fiscal year no deficit has been created. What we need is a balancing budget amendment, where an action is taken that actually balances the budget. Here is a suggestion.<br />
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At the end of the fiscal year the amount of the deficit for that year is calculated. There are then two methods for paying off this deficit. The first way, calculate an apportioned wealth tax. For example, let's say we had $500 billion deficit, and the amount of wealth of all U.S. private property (real and financial) was $50 trillion. There would be a one-time 1% tax on wealth ($500 billion / $50 trillion). So, someone who owned a $5,000,000 home and had $10,000,000 in financial assets would be assessed $150,000 (= 1% of $15,000,000).<br />
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A second way is that the money is printed to pay off the deficit. Thus, if at the end of the year the government had $500 billion deficit, it would print the money and pay off what was owed.<br />
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Now, each method has its own side effects. The first could slow down consumption as people had less money to spend. The second could heat up inflation by expanding the money supply. Thus, it would be helpful to use a mix of these two, taking into account whether inflation or recession is the greater risk.<br />
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The reality is that assuring that we do not add to the debt, we must have a balanced budget (including interest payments, and emergencies) at the close of the year after we see what has been actually spent and received. While it is a good idea to write a budget that is balanced to begin with, it is still necessary for us to be balancing it at the end of the year. <br />
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The exercise in the example above, allows us to get a better sense of how difficult are our problems with the deficit and the debt (the amount owed in total from all current and previous deficits). To pay off our national debt (which is approaching $15 trillion), would take us 30 years if we payed off the principal at $500 billion dollars a year, which as we see above would require something like a 1% a year wealth tax.Daxehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238410368922595191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19393611.post-37976531416491734862011-02-28T23:56:00.001-05:002011-02-28T23:58:38.127-05:00Corporation = Capital Union?Daxehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238410368922595191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19393611.post-1155006008497146162006-08-07T22:57:00.000-04:002006-08-07T23:00:08.513-04:00<strong><span style="font-size:180%;">The Rapture: </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">America's Exit Strategy !!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Does it all make sense now?</span></strong>Daxehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238410368922595191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19393611.post-1154483212808990922006-08-01T21:32:00.000-04:002006-08-01T21:46:52.820-04:00The civilization that will survive the seeming war ahead of us, will be the one that has a greater love for survival than for destruction of a perceived enemy. It will also be the one that can express its truths without the need for advanced technological media. Whatever can only be communicated via the internet, wireless, and other forms of telecommunications is not likely to perpetuate. The ability to know someones mind and heart through awareness alone will become an evolved capability, and it requires being fearless, but not foolish, in the presence of the powerful and paranoid.Daxehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238410368922595191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19393611.post-1139553859496336932006-02-10T01:42:00.000-05:002006-02-10T01:44:19.510-05:00<strong>Incentivizing Peace</strong><br /><br />One of the common economic arguments for the cessation of war is the so called “peace dividend.” Unfortunately, these dividends do not accrue to those who specialize in military commodities. As such there is a strong incentive for them to lobby for, and promote, military solutions to social conflicts. As Galbraith phrases it, “Boom Times for War Inc.” Clearly, there is not enough reason for corporations to avoid war, when it can be, in a myopic way, so profitable. Can peace be made more profitable? Can a tax structure be used to incentivize peace?<br /><br />Corporations are treated as persons for legal purposes. What if corporations were treated as “citizens” or “non-citizens” (based on their declaration), such that they are given different tax treatment based on the war status of a nation. Now consider the following scenario: citizen corporations are given a lower tax (income and/or revenue) rate than non-citizen corporations during official peace time, however, as citizens they are considered having a duty to support the nation during a time of war. This is done by their being required to provide their goods and services to the government for zero profit during war time. This can be presented on patriotic/ethical grounds – corporations that attempt to profit during war time are hindering the war effort by forcing the government to use scarce resources during a time of crisis. This does not hinder these corporations from making a profit from sales to non-governmental entities during war time, if the corporation has the resources to do so. The combination of lower peace time tax rates, and zero profits during war time, would encourage businesses to take on a “citizen” status and then invest in keeping the world peaceful. Note that the defense industry can still make profits during peace time, which, if they truly are there to support the defense of our nation, is similar to a doctor getting paid for keeping their patients healthy.<br /><br />Whether or not this plan is ever implemented, it seems that in a time of corporate power and nationalism the path to peace must wind its way through both. It is not enough to say how peace can benefit humanity, it will be necessary to make peace beneficial for the institutions that organize humanity.Daxehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238410368922595191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19393611.post-1135236287060991842005-12-22T02:22:00.000-05:002005-12-22T02:24:47.070-05:00ImagamI<br /><br />God is not an imaginary being.<br />God is the imagination.<br />God is Imagination.<br />All of the imagination through and around the universe.<br /><br />Where there was the void, Imagination could still distinguish between light and dark.<br /><br />When Adam was created it was in the imagination of God, and as being that has imagination.<br /><br />What separates us from the other creatures is not tools, nor language, nor war, nor desire.<br />What separates us the existence of imagination through our minds.<br /><br />We see what nothing else sees.<br />We hear what nothing else hears.<br />We know what is unknown to others.<br /><br /><br />When part of Imagination energizes the human mind, the awareness of something greater than the mere physical universe dawns.<br /><br />For some, who do not have the outlet to express this energy, Imagination is a terrible burden, something which they believe can be relieved through destruction.<br /><br />For some, who are blessed with the space and materials to manifest, Imagination is a blessed member of their consciousness, which they joyfully express through creation.<br /><br />The way to peace is not through the elimination of Imagination, nor through making others imagine only as you do, nor to follow our imaginings without question.<br /><br />The path first starts with recognizing that we are part imagination and part of Imagination.<br />How we imagine Imagination is how we curse or bless ourselves and each other.<br /><br />And for this we must respect that every ones relationship with Imagination and with God.<br />Whether it be through words, through experience, through everything or not at all.<br />For the desire to silence any way through which God finds self-expression, is a sign that one is not at peace with God nor with themselves.<br /><br />The physical world is a synaesthetic canvas through which Imagination shares itself with itself as something else. How else could we imagine that there is a reality?Daxehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238410368922595191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19393611.post-1133906149651772472005-12-06T16:49:00.000-05:002005-12-06T16:55:49.650-05:00Humans may have the right against self-incrimination ...<br /><br />but how does one repent without doing so?Daxehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238410368922595191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19393611.post-1133532591514934052005-12-02T09:04:00.000-05:002005-12-02T09:09:51.513-05:00<strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Freedom may not be free ....</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><em>but are we being overcharged for it?</em></span>Daxehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238410368922595191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19393611.post-1133205776183902652005-11-28T14:14:00.000-05:002005-12-02T09:11:30.546-05:00<strong>Frozen Food for Thought</strong><br /><br />- <em>Great Tasting Ideas: Just Heat, Eat, Repeat and Delete</em><br /><br /><a href="http://www.daxe.com">www.daxe.com</a>Daxehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238410368922595191noreply@blogger.com0