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At first, we should have
At first, we should have
# (Sustainable Creativity) an ethical basis for independent tax in the form of a firm conception of sustainable creativity
# (Sustainable Creativity) an ethical basis for independent tax in the form of a firm conception of sustainable creativity
# (Independent Money) money (incl. the infrastructure for other secure communication) independent of states
# (Independent Infrastructure) infrastructure for secure communication independent of states
# (Independent Tax) the option to pay our tax on bits independent of states
# (Independent Money&Tax) the option to exchange bits and pay our tax on bits independent of states
# (Pacification) the option to avoid double taxation of bits by states
# (Pacification) the option to avoid double taxation of bits by states
# (Participation) the infrastructure to spend our taxes by means of our participation, and
# (Participation) the infrastructure to spend our taxes by means of our participation, and
# (Customary Law) laws revealed by our customs of our communities on the internet, and
# (Customary Law) laws revealed by our customs of our communities on the internet, and
# (Formal Ontology) a machine readable formal ontology for all above.
# (Citizen Experience) to offer average users a kind of user experience as Apple provides, and to advanced users we need to keep this system open like Linux and formal like machine readable ontologies, for all above.


== Sustainable Creativity ==
== Sustainable Creativity ==
 
== Independent Infrastructure ==
== Independent Money ==
== Independent Money&Tax ==
=== Problems ===
=== Solutions ===
=== Reference ===
* [http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Money p2pfoundation.net/Category:Money]
* [http://delicious.com/mbauwens/P2P-Money Michael's delicious P2P-Money links]
* [http://www.zotero.org/mazsa/items/collection/1086687 qp's Zotero money collection]
* [http://delicious.com/qpeter/money qp's delicious money links]
 
== Independent Tax ==
[http://theunitedpersons.org/blog/states-let-them-prey-on-atoms-but-not-on-bits Tax on bits independent of states]
[http://theunitedpersons.org/blog/states-let-them-prey-on-atoms-but-not-on-bits Tax on bits independent of states]
* default rate > 0
* default rate > 0
* option out (i.e., e-cash)
* option out (i.e., e-cash)
The 0% tax rate does not mean ''gratis'' transaction: the costs of transaction and tax rates are not the same concepts.
The 0% tax rate does not mean ''gratis'' transaction: the costs of transaction and tax rates are not the same concepts.
=== Problems ===
=== Solutions ===
=== Reference ===
=== Reference ===
* [http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Taxation p2pfoundation.net/Category:Taxation]
* [http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Money p2pfoundation.net/Category:Money] and [http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Taxation p2pfoundation.net/Category:Taxation]
* [http://delicious.com/mbauwens/P2P-Taxation Michael's delicious P2P Tax links]
* Michael's delicious [http://delicious.com/mbauwens/P2P-Money P2P-Money] and [http://delicious.com/mbauwens/P2P-Taxation P2P Tax] links
* [http://p2pfoundation.net/Smart_Taxes_Network Smart Taxes Network] (Michaels's favorite tax-project)
* [http://p2pfoundation.net/Smart_Taxes_Network Smart Taxes Network] (Michaels's favorite tax-project)
* [http://www.zotero.org/mazsa/items/collection/804699 qp's Zotero tax collection]
* qp's Zotero [http://www.zotero.org/mazsa/items/collection/1086687 money] and [http://www.zotero.org/mazsa/items/collection/804699 tax]
* [http://delicious.com/allamreform/adók qp's delicious tax links]
* qp's delicious[http://delicious.com/qpeter/money money] and * [http://delicious.com/allamreform/adók tax] links


== Pacification ==
== Pacification ==
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== Participation ==
== Participation ==
=== Reference ===
=== Reference ===
* Michael's delicious [http://delicious.com/mbauwens/Participation participation], [http://delicious.com/mbauwens/Collective-Choice-Systems collective choice systems] and [http://delicious.com/mbauwens/P2P-Governance P2P-Governance] links
* Michael's delicious [http://delicious.com/mbauwens/Participation participation], [http://delicious.com/mbauwens/Collective-Choice-Systems collective choice systems] and [http://delicious.com/mbauwens/P2P-Governance P2P-Governance] links
* qp's Zotero [http://www.zotero.org/mazsa/items/collection/993280 voting] and [http://www.zotero.org/mazsa/items/collection/804681 nudges] collections
* qp's Zotero [http://www.zotero.org/mazsa/items/collection/993280 voting] and [http://www.zotero.org/mazsa/items/collection/804681 nudges] collections
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_ontology Wikipedia: Formal ontology]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_ontology Wikipedia: Formal ontology]
* [http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/ Basic Formal Ontology]
* [http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/ Basic Formal Ontology]
a machine readable formal ontology for all above.

Revision as of 23:56, 2 March 2010

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Status

  • Work in progress
  • Please feel free to edit
  • Please help to correct the grammar in this wiki page: thank you:)

To do

  • Extract of conversation w Michael & Kevin

Concept

'Free' tax means libre tax and, at the same time, optionally gratis tax (c.f.: Wikipedia: Gratis versus Libre, The Free Software Definition and The Open Source Definition).

The Project as the Greatest Common Divisor

The Free Tax Project is defined as the Greatest Common Divisor among

Subprojects

The subprojects should be defined as the necessary and sufficient open system moduls for the project.

At first, we should have

  1. (Sustainable Creativity) an ethical basis for independent tax in the form of a firm conception of sustainable creativity
  2. (Independent Infrastructure) infrastructure for secure communication independent of states
  3. (Independent Money&Tax) the option to exchange bits and pay our tax on bits independent of states
  4. (Pacification) the option to avoid double taxation of bits by states
  5. (Participation) the infrastructure to spend our taxes by means of our participation, and
  6. (Customary Law) laws revealed by our customs of our communities on the internet, and
  7. (Citizen Experience) to offer average users a kind of user experience as Apple provides, and to advanced users we need to keep this system open like Linux and formal like machine readable ontologies, for all above.

Sustainable Creativity

Independent Infrastructure

Independent Money&Tax

Tax on bits independent of states

  • default rate > 0
  • option out (i.e., e-cash)

The 0% tax rate does not mean gratis transaction: the costs of transaction and tax rates are not the same concepts.

Problems

Solutions

Reference

Pacification

  • default: no double taxation
  • option out (i.e., pay taxes on bits to states as well)

Reference

Participation

Reference

Customary Law

Customary law does not mean that we should avoid prescriptive laws or constitutions: it just means that we should review and appreciate the experiences we acquired through our cooperation of different kinds on the internet.

Reference

Formal Ontology

a machine readable formal ontology for all above.