Peter E. Pflaum - Golden Globe - The Synergy Network http://www.wiredbrain.net/ pflaump@cfl.rr.com RE: Platform - Contract II or how to loose elections by telling the truth and dealing with reality... 1.) Medical payments are at a fixed amount which can be used for premiums (all or part) for insurance (private) or HMO. If Medicare is $6500 that is the amount, no more open check book Under fee for practice, the more you spend the more you get, this turn it around - We can use assigned risk for the high cost patients. 2.) All benefits (direct or indirect - taxes or subsidies) are taxed at 1% starting at the median level of income and the rate rises 1.2% over the median (gross adjusted income) for each 1% so that the top 1% have a 100% tax on benefits, including the real estate tax benefits, social security, federal military and civil retirement, VA, and farms etc. 3.) The IRS is replaced by a VAT. (value added tax no tax on income, investment or savings - tax what you want less of (debt) and don't tax what you do want more of (work saving and investment) - Freeman) 4.) All direct state services are receivable from any certified provider. Education, mail, fire protection, inspection, trash, can be provided by any government or private server. Assigned schools is a violation of law. (charter schools, charter trash, charter mail, (from P.O.), charter phone, charter cable... Charter Welfare on fixed price - say 100,000 per household - that's it no more - less is profit or to more difficult cases - treat welfare like health care, so much no more - no open ended entitlement. 5.) Any legislative expenditure or regulation or administrative instruction has line item veto - cut the micro-management by committee chairmen. 6.) Constitution convention to reorganize federal powers, many fewer elections and integration of executive and legislative functions (parliamentary system and portion representation like the German Federal Republic as a model - a constitution American Political Scholars help write -) Responsible political parties where the franchise belongs to the level of the election. The right to be a democrat or republican is controlled by the national party for national elections (congress and president) with laws about qualifications, so not everyone can run as anything and do anything once elected. Some rules of agency. 7.) Regional Government - everything that can be must be administered by the Federal Regional Councils representing about 10 % of the population. Federal regions take over everything in the domestic area except disaster relief, revenue equalization, taxes, interstate commerce, Federal reserve, etc. that must be federal (as enumerated powers in the original constitution ). 8.)If we do 1 - 8 the problem of money in politics is reduced and silly attempts to control election expenditure is also reduced. Official Campaigns can be limited to one month (or two weeks) which will help. If we have responsible political parties primaries can be reduced. Elected representives are members of organized political units not all independent business people. 9.) Limit all direct public expenditure to 25% of the GNP, with 5% depression fudge factor. 10.) Allow for private taxing district at the federal and state level outside the limits. You want it pay for it principle. Remove all federal drug and most crime laws ( A state and local matter ) Therefore getting rid of almost all the of the DEA, FBI, ATF, and other federal cops. Stick to the basics. *************************************************************** Peter E. Pflaum Ph.D. , Headmaster GLOBAL_VILLAGE_SCHOOLHOUSE The Golden Globe 225 Robinson Road, New Smyrna Beach FL 32169-2176 (904) 428-9609 ftp://gold.doi.com/ftp/internet101 HTTP://Gold.doi.com/ pflaump@internetMCI.com, pflaump@america.com *****************************************************************