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THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME
I'll try not to waste your time. Instead of being a candidate, I prefer to
vote for someone--in fact--my wife and I have a ten-year-old who likes to
play baseball and I much prefer running around with them than running for
office. But unfortunately, I disagree with those on the ballot. I think it
is wrong to take money from people.
There is a small group who thinks it's all right to rob people: Criminals.
And this is the reason government was invented--to hunt these people down
and put them in jail. Surprisingly, there is another group who feels this
same way: Non-Libertarian candidates. Now these people believe they're
special--if they do all the hard work to get elected, they feel they are
entitled to do special things. And they even have a special name for what
they do: Tax. Well, they're not that special and what they do is just as
wrong even though it's been done for thousands of years. But we don't put
these people in jail--we just vote for someone better. So, I thought the
only alternative was to be on the ballot myself.
Admittedly we do have an obvious problem since taxation is wrong: What's
right? The answer is CONTRACT INSURANCE--an idea that I learned several
years ago. Let me give you an example: Bill Gates is the wealthiest person
in the world. He is an American businessman who signs billion-dollar
contracts. And if anything goes wrong--if people don't follow through with
what they had promised--his attorneys just present the contract to our
government, and the courts adjudicate it. While most people respect these
judgements, if necessary, the police are sent out and might have to shoot
people if they become threatening in order to get what is due Mr. Gates.
This is a very valuable service that is provided by our government, but
there is one thing that is wrong: It's free. I don't understand--how can
something of such great value be free? Well, you guessed it. I propose that
we charge people one percent of the value of their contracts to insure them
against any breach. Now in this example, one percent would be ten million
dollars that would be voluntarily paid into the United States Treasury, and
this is just one man and this is just one of his contracts, so you can see
that with all the contracts that are signed each day, this would raise
hundreds of billions of dollars each year--more than enough money to
effectively run our government.
Now it's insurance--no one has to buy it, but if something goes wrong with
his contracts and he didn't have insurance, Mr. Gates would have a big
problem. If he went out and forcibly tried to take what he felt he deserved,
the police would stop him for attempting to take something he didn't legally
own. If he went to the government, he would be told that he should have
bought insurance, and he probably would the next time. You can see the great
incentive.
I know it's painful to listen to insurance salesmen so I'll shut up, but
essentially that is what I am--a contract insurance salesman, and I'm
applying for a job. I'm asking you to hire me; if you vote for me, I will do
my best to persuade the majority of voters to buy contract insurance. Thanks
for your consideration.
These are the introductory remarks that I plan to make in the presidential
debate at our national convention in 2004 and every four years after that or
until I find someone who gets my vote. After making similar statements at
our state convention debate, I was politely booed by some and I appreciate
this opportunity to elaborate using this newer technology of the written
word.
At our regional meeting, a fellow Libertarian said that I had frightened the
delegates with all this talk about shooting people. This may seem harsh but
people's lives depend on the money they invest in business deals and without
this system of compliance, few if any of the modern conveniences that we
enjoy could have been created. I'm not proposing to change the current
system, just charge for its use.
Thanks to the growing number of Libertarian candidates and voters, we are
assembling our 269-member team (218 in the House, 50 Senators and the
President) to abolish taxes, which has great emotional appeal, and
incorporate contract insurance, which has great intellectual appeal. Feeling
you are right plus knowing you are right makes doing what is right a lot of
fun. Let's go to Washington and have some fun.
Dave Hollist 909-980-4198 constitution@compuserve.com
CONTRACT INSURANCE = GOVERNMENT WITHOUT TAXES
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/constitution
P.O. Box 1414, Alta Loma, CA 91701, Free prospectus, $2 booklet
Database Manager, Libertarian Party of San Bernardino County (36)
Candidate for President, Over 2,500 primary votes, http://i.am/trading
1998 Candidate, United States House of Representatives (42) |
