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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: goldworldnet who wrote (462256)12/27/2011 3:24:39 PM
From: skinowski1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 794365
 
Agree. And your argument, IMO, is a good one.

So far I haven't been able to envision how that idea could work in the real world.

It could be that Mq is overrating the value of the assets held in common. Think about it - most land and most of the businesses and farms and other means of production are owned by individuals. There are still plenty of assets, like highways, parks, government land, ports.... But are those assets enough even to begin to justify a price in the millions per citizen?

I can see other weaknesses in the concept as well. The main purpose of all such ideas is to keep the government from becoming too powerful and too costly. There are other ways of attempting this. So far the only way which showed effectiveness in the real world was the US Constitution. Rolling government back on all levels may still work.
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