[GJM] #841, Re: 28th Amendment by W. Curtiss Priest, TOP Figure 12N [was [FixGov] repost]

[wesburt at juno.com]

Dear Curtiss,

Thanks for adding Figure17, with it's two separate 
lifecycle charts (Figure 7) for capital and human 
productive assets, to your web site.  

Surely this figure, showing the whole population 
of households and of product-lines, illustrates the 
essence of Binary Economics; capital assets 
operating in tandem with human assets.  None 
of my other figures illustrate Adam Smith's 
First Maxim Of Taxation (Page 777 of TWON) 
so concisely.  

But that First Maxim Of Taxation seems to be 
the first thing our public policy makers forget 
about Adam Smith's TWON.  And, 231 years 
later, our neglect of that maxim is the systemic 
"defect of omission" in US public policy which 
enforces the trend of Figures 10c and10e. A defect 
that the Church of Rome identified in 1891 in it's 
Encyclical Letters on economic justice for all.

I'll respond, to the best of my ability, to your note 
below and questions on Figure 12n in this format: 
[WSB My Reasoned Comment WSB].

Thanks again, Curtiss, for your encouragement and 
thoughtful assistance.

Wes Burt

  TOP and TWP are cognoscible by sixth graders from
        Fig. 7-9.gif on Dr. W. Curtiss Priest's web site:
         <http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/default.htm>
TOP = 100% Capitalism --- TWP = 0 to 50% Capitalism



~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Begin Curtiss' note ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:38:59 -0400 "W. Curtiss Priest"
<bmslib at mit.edu> writes:

> Dear Wes,
> 
> I am glad to see this new figure, recent figures of
> yours are on the web site (list below).
> 
> I see you mention holodynamics and Ron Paul 
> as recent additions.
> 
> Where does my proposed 28th Amendment lie 
> with regard to this figure?  (copied below).
> 
[WSB At the same level as Dr. Ron Paul, Libertarians, 
and holodynamics.  Your 28th Amendment does not 
address the missing feedback from production 
to development.  But then, who does address that 
proprietary secret of the private sector?  WSB]

> http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/Fig8i.gif
> http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/FIG7-9K.GIF
> http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/FIG6C.GIF
> http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/FIG2-3E.GIF
> http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/FIG11.GIF
> http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/FIG11F.GIF
> http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/FIG17H.GIF
> http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/FIG17I.GIF
> http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/FIG12L.GIF
> http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/fig10e.gif
> http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/Fig10c.gif
> http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/Fig%204%20&%208i.gif
> http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/FIG12N.GIF
> 
>  But, who are the leaders of reason?  And, because of the
>  separation of church and state, political leaders can
>  not be leaders of a reason-based religion.

[WSB  From the notion that every form of 
government is equally bad, when the law is 
incomplete, or missing.  It follows that Church 
and State melt into one useful institution, when 
the Whole Divine Law of four religious (Optional) 
commandments and eight moral (manditory) 
commandments, as in Figure 7-9, are observed 
and practiced by the people. The Monarchy and 
the Church Of England might have preserved the 
Empire forever, if they had applied the WHOLE 
Divine LAW to all of their subjects.  Instead, the 
English clerisy, followed by the American clerisy, 
kept the WHOLE LAW for it self and and taught 
only half of the LAW to everyone else.  WSB]

~~~~~~~~ Snip to proposed 28th Amendment ~~~~~~~~~~

>  So, via the implicit leadership of nature and 
> the celebration of that, and via the explicit, 
> on-going social contract, we >  can, indeed, 
> create a reason-based "faith."

   [WSB  I wholly agree.  WSB]
> 
>  To implement this, we, at the outset, must 
> not call this a religion.  Indeed, as this is reason-
> based, it is, by definition, simply a statement of 
> reason.  So, if anything, it is an extension of 
> State and can be said so by declaring a 28th 
> Amendment to the US Constitution that says 
> the following:
> 
>  Section 1.  In an age of increased reason and 
> knowledge, the people of the United States 
> declare a more specific approach to achieve Life, 
> Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

   [WSB  Right On.  WSB]

> Section 2.  As shown via the process by which 
> nature created life, it is the responsibility of all 
> people to not only perpetuate life but to sanctify 
> all forms of life in their practices, activities and 
> actions.  Specifically, various virtues that 
> constitute the good life, and similar instrumental 
> values shall be celebrated.

   [WSB  Specifically, 100% capitalization of the 
   expense of human development in every local 
   government.  Just like capital development is 
   done in the US private sector.  WSB]   

>  Section 3.  A fourth body of government shall 
> exist with the purpose of reviewing all laws and 
> practices as called for in the form of a Rawlsian 
> social contract as defined and regulated by the 
> Bureau of Social Contract.

   [WSB  If we would promulgate the WHOLE Divine 
   Law to all people, the people would enforce it at 
   the local level, witout so much centralized 
   bureaucracy.  WSB]

>  Section 4.  With respect to the other three bodies 
> of US government, the Bureau has the power to 
> introduce, and see through to a deciding vote, 
> legislation when requested by five Senators in the 
> Senate or twenty representatives in the House.   
> With respect to the Judiciary, decisions of the 
> Supreme Court, found to be disrespectful of 
> Section 1 or Section 2, shall be formulated into law 
> and entered into the appropriate legislative body 
> within ninety days of such decisions.  Similarly,
>  Executive Orders by the President found to be 
> disrespectful of Section 1 or Section 2, shall be 
> formulated into law and entered into the appropriate 
> legislative body.
> 
>  Section 5.  To avoid delays for time-critical 
> situations the Bureau shall have the power to 
> enforce injunctions on any issues that that arise 
>  under Section 4.  Such injunctions shall require 
> the concurrence of a Federal Judge and shall be 
> subject to powers as determined by Congress.
> 
>  Section 6.  In situations where it is deemed 
> that actions within a single State may manifest 
> into disrespect for Section 1 and for Section 2, 
> the Bureau may seek redress as provided under 
> Section 4 and Section 5.

   [WSB  Sections 4, 5, and 6 seem to be locking 
   the door after sections 1 and 2 have been 
   disrespected by one, or more, of the three 
   branches of government.  WSB]
>
> 
> wesburt at juno.com wrote:
> > 
> > Ashok wrote, in part, to list Fix-Gov:
> > 
> > We need to find an appropriate position 
> > for society somewhere between Marx, 
> > Socialism and capitalism...
> > 
> > Ashok
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 
> > Dear Ashok,
> > 
> > The appropriate position for society is above,
> > not between, Marx, Socialism and capitalism,
> > as illustrated on attached Figure 12n.gif.
> > 
> > I know list Fix-Gov strips off non-text parts of
> > each message, so I have copied this message
> > to you, confident that you will appreciate the
> > content of the attached visual-aid, although
> > other subscribers to Fix-Gov will not see it.
> > 
> > Kind Regards,
> > 
> > Wes Burt
> > 
~~~~~~~~~~~~ End Curtiss' note ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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