RYAN CHRISTIANO

Voting is a political vehicle. There is no such th...

2010-01-06T00:11:47.125-05:00

Voting is a political vehicle. There is no such thing as a "natural" right to a political anything.

Before you remind me about a jury, I'll remind you that your peers were born...not elected. No one can divest themselves from the society in which they live save from having the stones to leave it Jeremiah Johnson style.

Yours in earnest,
Chuck

p.s. Did you give up on our last discussion or just forget about it?

My god, what the hell. I am an avid neolibertaria...

2009-03-03T19:47:11.638-05:00

My god, what the hell. I am an avid neolibertarian is this is just an unfair attack on our freedom of speech. I have been wondering for months why the article was deleted, and all their reasoning was that "Oh well I don't trust the source".

And then when I asked if I could create a new article myself, I was turned down. THIS IS INFRINGMENT OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

Damn. That's just ridiculous. I can't stand cens...

2008-09-24T11:50:27.108-04:00

Damn. That's just ridiculous. I can't stand censors. They are the lowest form of criminal. (well not lowest, but down there!)

Is it even possible with our current national debt...

2008-08-19T02:11:52.825-04:00

Is it even possible with our current national debt? How do we transition from income tax to this wealth fund? Does our massive debt make this more difficult?

Yes, I've heard rumors of this, or of her stealing...

2008-08-07T16:35:40.712-04:00

Yes, I've heard rumors of this, or of her stealing the Democratic nomination, these past couple days.

I don't see it happening, personally, but it makes for a good news item!

Excellent points, Erik. You're right. I'm going to...

2008-07-27T19:02:57.965-04:00

Excellent points, Erik. You're right. I'm going to take all of your advice to heart. I was just burned badly once, so I was skittish.

Thanks for the counsel, and all of your support.

Excellent points, Erik. One should always evaluate...

2008-07-25T17:07:57.905-04:00

Excellent points, Erik. One should always evaluate the downsides of any policy proposal. I've been studying this over the summer, by no means and economist, but social security would not necessarily have to be privatized. Congress could mandate that a certain percentage of the overall SWF earnings be set aside for government blackholes like Social Security, medicare etc.

I think you would agree that the privatization of social security is almsot inevitable in the yaers ahead anyway.

Defense spending could easily be mantained at current wartime levels if the government cut unecessary and redundant programs across the board, returning the government to within its constitutional boundaries, rather tan the enormous, bloated Leviathan we have today. One could also imagine a constitutional balanced budget amendment to ensure responsible fiscal discipline.

Lastly, I wouldn't propose abolishing all taxation. A single annual defense tax could be required, and of course excise taxes, state, local, and corporate taxation as I stated in the article would continue.

This is the trick with being an indie. What I hav...

2008-07-24T11:58:06.997-04:00

This is the trick with being an indie. What I have found, however, is there are many like us. The neo-centrist movement is full of indies like like Michael J. Totten (google him, he's fantastic) and all sorts of neo-cons, neo-libertarians, neo-liberals, etc. You sort of want it to become a movement, and at the same time, don't. Sometimes it's better to work from behind the scenes and retain your independence and integrity!

I like the idea...I would like to know more about ...

2008-07-24T11:41:18.440-04:00

I like the idea...I would like to know more about it. I wonder if you have researched the downsides of such a plan? Could such a fund sustain our military? Would we also need to privatize social security? What about "untouchable" government blackholes like medicare?

Ryan--A little thought on this. Other sites, blog...

2008-07-24T11:32:34.059-04:00

Ryan--

A little thought on this. Other sites, blogs, etc. reproducing your work is not necessarily a bad thing. It can be, when someone claims it as their own, but this is a)unlikely, and b) almost impossible to prevent.

When reputable bloggers publish your work they will link back to your site, and sometimes turn people on to you and your work. It's like free advertising!

This is what I hope to accomplish at NeoConstant (though I ALWAYS ask first...). I want to bring like-minds with various perspectives together under one roof to write about what's important politically to them. All the articles link out to author's blogs or organizations, granting them more exposure. Granted, Neo is still young, so at the moment it's not a heck of a lot more exposure, but it's a work in progress...

Just something to think about. You should at least let people quote excerpts, and may want to amend the post to allow that, or put some sort of comment about any excerpt needs to be linked back to this site (though again, most bloggers will do this without even thinking...)

All the best (I like the site! It looks great!)

Erik