Re: [EM] decision process design: wealth tax

2006-04-12 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 05:09 AM 4/12/2006, James Green-Armytage wrote: > I'd like to note that while FA/DP's might be nice things in general, >there is a difference between having a lot of FA/DP's around, and actually >having governments that are FA/DP's. James isn't a whistlin' Dixie! There is not only a dif

Re: [EM] decision process design: wealth tax

2006-04-12 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:48:50 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I recently became interested in the problem of taxation myself, though at > this point I kind of lean toward the geolibertarian side -- tax people for > the "land rent" of their property (equivalent to what renting bare land > wou

Re: [EM] Voting by selecting a published ordering

2006-04-12 Thread Simmons, Forest
How can we best insert the "selection of a published ordering" option into the following section of recently proposed statutory language that Rep. Toby Nixon is spearheading in Washington State? Rank-balloting definitions: To rank a candidate means to assign to that candidate a postive intege

Re: [EM] decision process design: wealth tax

2006-04-12 Thread James Green-Armytage
Hi Abd, I'd like to note that while FA/DP's might be nice things in general, there is a difference between having a lot of FA/DP's around, and actually having governments that are FA/DP's. The DP idea for governments is something that we've already discussed, of course, and I'd say that th