Dear Friends,
Happy new year! I have decided that this year will be the year of the Numa. We here at the International Capitalist Party will use this year (2009) to inculcate our vision of the Numa. I will write and continue to seek input from our readers.
As you know the Numa is the International Capitalist Party’s concept to force the Elite to follow the laws they pass. That is all. We recognize that people are reticent to enforce rules on themselves. We all are the same in this way. We tend to justify our own infractions and condemn the infractions of others. Hsun Ching said that “the congenital nature of man is evil.” In that we all seek our own good above the good of others.
When the Elite are allowed to engage in this behavior, the average Joe has no incentive to obey the laws himself. Why would you follow the laws when you see those put over you do not? When our “superiors” flaunt the law… Don’t pay income taxes on income earned, take bribes, sell Senate seats, trade post office vouchers for cash, sex with underage aides, have rubber checkbooks, asking for political donations from an official office, the list of corrupt acts done and not punished would fill libraries. How can we expect people to follow laws that the Elite who pass them have so little regard?
If we forced the Elite to follow their own laws there would be encouragement for the public to follow those laws too. If our “superiors” are following the law we will follow the law. Crime will be reduced. But that is not the only effect of forcing the Elite to follow their own laws.
A great inducement to tyranny lies in allowing the Elite to be above the law. They have no incentive to keep legislation sane. Why should they? If they know they personally will not ever suffer from poor legislation but they can be personally benefited by it they will pass it unanimously. (Unless there are political points to be made in a minority outcry). Holding the Elite to every law they pass on us keeps our liberty safe.
Simply put, as we have said in the home page of the International Capitalist Party, the Numa would solve the principal agent dilemma as it pertains to government. When we can trust the government we can rest our minds, if we cannot trust our government we are in great peril. Everyone knows this in their heart. The one way to tell if people trust their government is how confrontational is the political process?
So monitor the Elite like they want to monitor us. It is more efficient and will take less bureaucracy. If legislators had video cameras in their offices they would be less prone to misbehave. If you think it unfair to video monitor the Elite? Look above the cashier at McDonalds, he or she is being monitored. The job of the legislator is at least as important. We are the boss, when it comes to the legislator, we have a right to be able to look over their shoulders now and then. If we don’t like what we see, then…
