by Steve Cook

In this article I may well be reminding you of what you already know.

However, I am going to say it anyway as it does appear that in the turbulence of our modern world, important basic principles can be lost from view the way one can lose sight of a mountain in a blizzard.

And for sure our politicians, governments and so-called “elites” have  lost sight of the fundamental basics of governance, economics, civics and, indeed, human nature judging by the mismanaged mess they have inflicted upon millions of good people who deserve better.

So here’s a basic worth looking over that is very germane to  our search for a manifesto for a government run for all the People:

What is wealth? Wealth is possession of or access to cars, houses, food, entertainment and so on and so forth, that can be summed up as “goods and services”

The more goods and services you can have, the wealthier you are.

All goods and services have to be created by human beings. They cannot exist unless someone creates them.

One  can create them oneself or acquire them from others who have created them.

It is impossible for any individual to create by himself  the goods and services he needs for a tolerable existence, let alone an enjoyable one.

Therefore, he has to acquire from others what he does not himself create.

He can acquire them in one of three basic ways:

1. Take them from others without their consent, by trickery or  outright force. This we define as CRIMINAL.
2. Be given them by another willingly without having to give something in return, this we call CHARITY.
3. We  can give them something of ours in agreed-upon exchange for something of theirs. This we call FAIR EXCHANGE and is the basis of economics.

So it is also with groups and with nations.

A nation is  as wealthy as it can produce goods and services in sufficient quantity as to satisfy its needs for them and can exchange goods and services it produces with other nations so as to acquire goods and services it does not itself produce.

The more goods and services it  produces for its own consumption or for exchange with other nations so as to acquire their goods and services, the wealthier and more secure a nation becomes.

The basic natural law here, for individuals, groups and nations is: the best guarantee of survival is to create abundance.

If a nation des not produce in this wise, it becomes poor, unless it can acquire from other nations the wealth they have created by charity or theft in its many guises.

Thus, the ability to produce goods and services in abundance is the key to wealth.

Production is the basis not only of a nation’s wealth but also its morale, self-respect and core strength.

The most important asset of any nation is its honest producers of goods and services. Anyone who inhibits or demoralises or penalises or thwarts those producers is striking directly at the survival prospects of the nation. Governments who do this swiftly lose the affinity of their People and become themselves endangered.

Just as an individual who acquires wealth by charity or criminality has lost self-respect and self-reliance and is inherently weak and at effect of the whims and vagaries of others, so a nation that loses the willingness to produce and prosper by fair exchange becomes degraded and weak.

Any person or group who promises greater prosperity without facilitating greater production is lying.

Thus, any government that truly wishes the People it serves to be prosperous must do all in its power to help, encourage and reward production and honest exchange between producers.

A case in point is the United Kingdom, whose increasing poverty has been created through decades of neglecting or thwarting production. Its fortunes will continue to decline unless its People install a government that will remove the stops and penalties and arbitraries that inhibit production. There is another basic law here:

If you reward non-production and penalise production, you’ll get non-production. If you reward production and penalise non-production, you’ll get production.

In terms of increasing production, the “reward” side of the equation is probably more important than the “penalise ” side.

Similarly, persons or groups fulfilling the service known as “government” must, if they wishes to be rewarded for their efforts, offer in exchange needed and wanted services desired by the consumer.

EARLIER IN THIS SERIES:

PART ONE – PEOPLE’S MANIFESTO

PART TWO – FIRST, SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES

PART THREE  – REMOVING THE BURDENS OF TAX AND DEBT

MORE TO FOLLOW

___________________________________________________________________

Please visit Steve Cook

___________________________________________________________________

••••

The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate, and for this we are grateful and excited! But we must also be practical. For 7 years we have not asked for any donations, and have built this project with our own funds as we grew. We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent. So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them. Nothing is too small. We thank you for all your support and your considerations … (TLB)

••••

Comment Policy: As a privately owned web site, we reserve the right to remove comments that contain spam, advertising, vulgarity, threats of violence, racism, or personal/abusive attacks on other users. This also applies to trolling, the use of more than one alias, or just intentional mischief. Enforcement of this policy is at the discretion of this websites administrators. Repeat offenders may be blocked or permanently banned without prior warning.

••••

Disclaimer: TLB websites contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available to our readers under the provisions of “fair use” in an effort to advance a better understanding of political, health, economic and social issues. The material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving it for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes other than “fair use” you must request permission from the copyright owner.

••••

Disclaimer: The information and opinions shared are for informational purposes only including, but not limited to, text, graphics, images and other material are not intended as medical advice or instruction. Nothing mentioned is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.