Midgard X
24-01-2004, 20:12
RWP - Right to Work and Possessions
The United Nations,
Realizing that if some men are entitled by right to things brought to them by the work of others, it means that those others are deprived of rights and condemned to slave labor,
Recalling that government has a certain proclivity towards restricting any and every right it can,
1. Decides that no person is naturally obligated to pay to provide food, clothing, or recreation for people other than themselves;
2. Decides that all businessmen, large and small, have the right to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair government practices and domination by government-owned monopolies at home and abroad; *
3. Decides that no person is obligated to pay for a home they will not live in;
4. Decides no person is obligated to pay for medical care they will not use;
5. Decides that all people have the right to not pay for anyone's protection - including their own - from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accidents and unemployment. **
* Unfair government practices are defined as regulations that inhibit free-market competititon. No government may make a monopoly and regulate other corporations out of business.
** This means that they are not obligated to pay for other's misfortunes, nor are they obligated to set aside money for the possibility that they may have them (e.g. Social Security).
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Subnotes
1. It has been said that this resolution prohibits taxes. It does not. A nation may still have a 100% tax rate; what this resolution means for the nation is only that it may not spend it on, for example, recreational devices for the masses.
2. As a point of clarification on points three and four; this means that people are not obligated to pay for the homes or medical care of others. If they enter into consensual contractual agreements, they obviously must abide by the contract; but they are not by default obligated to indiscriminately pay for every person's housing and medical care.
3. As a final point of clarification, this is a resolution to denounce the theory that people must pay for things solely because it 'is the right thing to do' or any derivative thereof. Mutual agreements to do otherwise are obviously a separate issue.
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I haven't proposed it yet; will at a later date. Comments anyone?
The United Nations,
Realizing that if some men are entitled by right to things brought to them by the work of others, it means that those others are deprived of rights and condemned to slave labor,
Recalling that government has a certain proclivity towards restricting any and every right it can,
1. Decides that no person is naturally obligated to pay to provide food, clothing, or recreation for people other than themselves;
2. Decides that all businessmen, large and small, have the right to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair government practices and domination by government-owned monopolies at home and abroad; *
3. Decides that no person is obligated to pay for a home they will not live in;
4. Decides no person is obligated to pay for medical care they will not use;
5. Decides that all people have the right to not pay for anyone's protection - including their own - from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accidents and unemployment. **
* Unfair government practices are defined as regulations that inhibit free-market competititon. No government may make a monopoly and regulate other corporations out of business.
** This means that they are not obligated to pay for other's misfortunes, nor are they obligated to set aside money for the possibility that they may have them (e.g. Social Security).
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Subnotes
1. It has been said that this resolution prohibits taxes. It does not. A nation may still have a 100% tax rate; what this resolution means for the nation is only that it may not spend it on, for example, recreational devices for the masses.
2. As a point of clarification on points three and four; this means that people are not obligated to pay for the homes or medical care of others. If they enter into consensual contractual agreements, they obviously must abide by the contract; but they are not by default obligated to indiscriminately pay for every person's housing and medical care.
3. As a final point of clarification, this is a resolution to denounce the theory that people must pay for things solely because it 'is the right thing to do' or any derivative thereof. Mutual agreements to do otherwise are obviously a separate issue.
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I haven't proposed it yet; will at a later date. Comments anyone?