[extropy-chat] Bloodless Redistribution of Wealth (was Singulartarians)

[Samantha Atkins]

Hmm.  I would go back and meditate on why you believe it is right or  
even beneficial  to expropriate the property of some for the needs of  
others.  Is what you are proposing really "voluntary"?  After all the  
income tax is supposedly "voluntary".   If I were wealthy could I  
simply refuse to contribute to this scheme with no retribution coming  
to me as a result?

- samantha

On Dec 27, 2005, at 9:19 PM, The Avantguardian wrote:

> I have emerged from mediation with an idea. The idea
> is, I believe, a method by which the government can
> raise extremely substantial funds from the wealthiest
> Americans on a voluntary basis without bloodshed or
> any new taxes. The problem I have is this: The idea
> encompasses only the raising of these funds and does
> not include any provisions on how to ensure that the
> money so raised will not merely be wasted by the
> government, as tax dollars are, on stupid wars but
> instead judiciously used to promote the survival and
> welfare of mankind, to ameliorate the plight of the
> poor and the elderly, to futher scientific research
> and exploration, and to generally promote extropic
> ideals. This idea is potentially big enough to do all
> these things but since only the government can
> implement this idea, it could also be abused to the
> detriment of peace and security. Do I tell anyone or
> do I sit on it?
>
>
> The Avantguardian
> is
> Stuart LaForge
> alt email: stuart"AT"ucla.edu
>
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It  
> is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion  
> is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is  
> as good as dead: his eyes are closed. . ."
>
> - Albert Einstein, "What I Believe" (1930)
>
>
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