It didn't take long for inspiration to occur. What would a government be like that didn't rely on taxation? You may be thinking that such a thing does not seem possible. I actually think it might be more possible than it has ever been before due to our technology.
You may be thinking that a government could not operate without taxes.
You may be thinking that at the bare minimum we need the Constitutionally (U.S.) permitted forms of taxation that existed before 1913 corrupted it all and created the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
I am actually thinking... what if we don't need taxes?
I have this nagging suspicion such a situation could fix the majority of our problems...
How?
Crowd sourcing. What if the officials or those that wish to act on behalf of the nation, the state, the county, the town, the neighborhood, etc. had to convince you that their idea was a good one and anyone could donate to them just like crowd sourcing, patreon, subscribestar, etc.
What would the officials need to do if they wanted to keep receiving your backing?
A good job perhaps?
If they have a reputation for not doing what they say they are likely to find it increasingly difficult to get funding.
Advantages
100% voluntary. No force. No coercion.
What about people using services without contributing?
That would be totally up to how the original proposal is framed. If you are creating a charitable organization/action then that may be by design what is expected. It will of course still have to stay within the constraints of its funding. For this to work no one should EVER be forced to contribute to something.
The original proposal could be setting up an organization/action/service that is only available to subscribers as well. If you don't subscribe then you don't get the service.
Could there be services some people can afford to subscribe to and others cannot? Of course. This is part of life. If it is something you truly want then hopefully it will give some goals to strive towards.
A Society Without Goals
When people have less things they need for survival because it is effortlessly supplied to them there seems to be a growth in attention on trivial and petty things. It is almost like boredom and lack of meaningful activity lead them by nature to seek out THINGS to do even if that ends up being offended by truly insignificant things when it comes to the truth of life.
If there are goals for things people want but they have to work towards them that gives them things to focus on that are likely not trivial and not insignificant. I am increasingly seeing this is an important thing for a healthy society, healthy mind, and well being. I suspect a lot of the issues today are actually because of how easy people have it, and how we almost want for nothing. There are exceptions but in truth in a number of countries those that are called "poor" don't truly know what that word means. There are some people in other countries that would swap places with them and suddenly feel like they were living as kings/queens. "You have running water?" "You have electricity?" "If you are out of food they'll give you food stamps?" "You can stand on a corner and people driving by will give you more money than I see in a week?"
People can think they have it bad no matter what their actual situation is. We tend to think we have it bad when what we have come to expect as our NORMAL life is disrupted. A very wealthy person can think they are broke when they don't have as much spendable cash that week but they are driving in a car that if I sold I could feed my family and pay all of my bills for more than a year. They still think they are broke. I have witnessed this firsthand.
What do you think?
What do you think of the idea of a subscription and crowd funded form of government?
I think it would make it easy to insure the people you are funding do their job well and actually represent the people. Those that do not would find it challenging to get funded.
Where did the inspiration come from to write this?
I was reading about tax havens and the countries people use in a Zerohedge article.