CryoGovernance – Government of
Tomorrow?
I think we need a new government
with a new financial system. What we have now is, exclusive power for the state,
to collect money from the society explicitly as tax. State then serves the
society, whether the society asks for it or not. People then struggle with
taxes, looks for ways to escape, and they succeed in lessening their burden to
some extent. State then finds itself with fresh wants, and legislates for more
tax. This is a vicious circle, to say the least.
What is important is to note
that, here, all have their parts well defined. The state’s part, of collecting
taxes and delivering service, and the people’s part, of paying taxes and
enjoying services rendered by the state, are so designed that if done properly,
all will be in equilibrium. And we have a society, in peace for perpetuity. But
like the romantic story of the perpetual motion machine, that doesn’t happen.
Either the state fails in providing services and accusing insufficient collection
of taxes as the culprit, or the people unhappy with their life and accusing
exorbitant taxes as the cause, takes place constantly. Last many centuries or
more we are continuously living with this.
Why we can’t think about a
change? Imagine a society with no taxes of any nature. The state charges a price
for the services it renders. Those who are on the higher ends of income, or
those of a higher standard of living are the ones using more of such services.
This then has the potential to distribute the cost of governance in more or
less true proportion to those availing the facilities provided by the government.
Also, the pricing can be made to suit the doctrines of the society, enabling
the government in its favorite pastime of the present, distributive justice.
The benefits from such a form
of government are immense. There will be huge reduction in the size of
governmental machinery, and a great decrease in the cost of governance. The
additional revenue thus available for peoples’ welfare can then be directed to many
imaginative and farsighted schemes. More people can now devote their ability in
gainful, productive activities, increasing the velocity of transactions many
fold with consequential increase in society’s wealth, adding to the means of
government, many fold. This can now flow back to the society as improvements to
infrastructure, further adding to the opportunities of gainful vocations.
Perhaps like cryobiology,
cryosurgery or cryogenic treatment, all of which offers unparalleled advantages,
giving one, the edge in the competition against manufacturing costs, product
superiority and the process outcome, this can be called ‘cryogovernance’, the
government of tomorrow. Just like the cryo… series of technologies opening up
many new vistas for material science, this form of government can lead to a whole
new bunch of opportunities, be it in the generation of revenue, the provision
of governmental services, or, people’s welfare.
I think that will make us
more ‘future ready’.
http://hubpages.com/politics/CRYOGOVERNANCE-the-State-of-the-Future
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