How to Get Your Free Money
Free money isn’t – at least not yet. Once the Free Money for All Program is implemented, then government money will be truly free. All you’ll need is to prove citizenship and have a bank account. But it’s going to take some effort to get to that happy day. The real question is: can we make it happen without doing more work than it is to wade through the existing maze of government grants and welfare programs? Or even worse: getting a real job?
Let’s run some numbers. On a good day this site gets 500 visitors. That’s roughly one visitor per congresscritter, not exactly a mail flood. But if you all make it personalized handwritten letters vs. copied form letters, the effort will be more noticeable.
We still need more. So tell your friends, neighbors, acquaintances. You need not be pushy. Just mention the free money idea when you hear people complaining about poverty, inequality, complicated tax forms, crime or illegal immigration.
Hunt down some activists. Do you live in a city that’s being “occupied?” Walk by their encampment and tell them about the ideas herein. Make some cards with the web address on them so they can look it up when they get web access. Keep an eye out for other protests, gatherings and outreach booths. Activists love to talk. And some of them will like the ideas. And keep in mind that there is much here of benefit to both Left and Right. Talk to your local Tea Partiers as well.
Don’t forget online activists. Do you have a blog? Do you frequently comment on one? Do you participate in any relevant forums? Point out the relevant articles herein when appropriate to the topic at hand.
More Like Work
The ideas above should still be below the effort needed to fill out the forms under the current system. For those of you inspired to do more, there are more options, but they do resemble work.
You could actually join one or more activist groups or attend meetings which contain many activists. Once again, these could be Left, Right or Centrist groups. Choose those which you agree with the most. Free Money for All benefits many:
- Anti poverty groups. These range from the political to the charitable. Free money doesn’t cure all poverty, but it helps rather a lot.
- Tax protesters. As long as we have need-based welfare, the government will need to know how much everyone makes. Free money for all has no such requirement. And we can use it to make simpler taxes (tariffs, excises, property taxes, etc.) progressive.
- Environmentalists. The fastest way to reduce carbon emissions is through a carbon tax. But a carbon tax is regressive – unless you have a free money rebate.
- Social conservatives. You want to save the family? Stop paying people more money to have children out of wedlock. Make the money unconditional and marriage pays.
- Federalists and Constitutionalists. Want government back to the state and local level? Free Money for All can do that. Government originally centralized to help out the poorer states and localities. With this simple bit of equalization, closer to the people jurisdictions can have a tax base and manageable welfare caseload.
- Anti-crime groups (Neighborhood Watch). Welfare begets criminality: do honest work above board and you lose benefits. Lack of safety net also begets criminality: desperate people can become desperados. Unconditional money makes legal work pay and makes crime more costly.
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In Conclusion
Free Money for All is a longer term proposition. If you absolutely need the money now, then you have to work through the existing complicated system – or find a job. But the long run happens, so it pays to invest in the future, whether that investment is money or a bit of effort. Choose among the ideas above those which are the least effort for you personally, and eventually that free money will be almost free.
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