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UNhappiocracy (democracy) -v- happiOCRACY

A happiocracy is one country with two systems. Most government takes place at the local level, as close as possible to where the action is. At local level, tax-and-spend is the default system. At national level, the default systems are 'tax-and-divvy' and 'click-and-divvy'.

Tax-and-divvy means taxing something and dividing all or most of the proceeds equally amongst all hereditors (citizen-shareholders). The dividend is called happicash as in 'cash not kind'.

Click-and-divvy means increasing the money supply at monthly intervals, in regular, non-inflationary amounts, and dividing the new money equally amongst all hereditors. The dividend is called happimoney as in 'the money supply'.

UNhappicash -v- happiCASH

In a democracy the federal welfare pie is sliced unequally for the benefit of special interests including corporations. In short, for Some Not All. It is dispensed in the form of cash, kind, tax breaks, subsidies, grants, guarantees and other privileges, sometimes with strings attached.

In a happiocracy it is sliced equally for the benefit of All Not Some. It is dispensed equally to all hereditors as a 'happicash' dividend with no strings attached. Every nook and cranny in the nation benefits from a monthly stimulus proportionate to the number of its resident hereditors. There are no federal benefits for corporations.

UNhappimoney -v- happiMONEY
In a democracy, the money supply is expanded and contracted willy nilly by profit-seeking banks. In a happiocracy, it is increased monthly and divvied out equally to all hereditors. Another regular stimulus for every nook and cranny in the nation.

UNhappilaw -v- happiLAW
In a democracy, our representatives make one law after another during the whole of their term in office. In a happiocracy, we represent ourselves. Juries of hereditors ratify, or reject, one law at a time.

UNhappijustice -v- happiJUSTICE
In a democracy, justice goes up the pyramid and the Apex decides the one-and-only law that must apply to us All. In a happiocracy, justice stays where it starts. So there are different laws for different localities.

See also:
happierism : the new 'greatest good'
happiocracy : table of contents
hereditors : the guardians of endangered cultures
The MOO: minority-of-one
unhappierness : what government causes

Happitime For All

1) The critical difference between today’s “representative” democracy and happiocracy is who spends Our Money. In a democracy, our representatives do. In a happiocracy, we do.

2) We all want better government services. But there is never enough money to go round. So politicians legislate mountains of bloatprograms that incur heavy overheads and deliver a poor bang for the buck. Each program benefits Some but not Others: Some are happy; Others are not. The whole system is divisive. Electing new politicians does not help. The system must be changed.

3) Happiocracy’s silver bullet is to tax-and-spend at local level, but to tax-and-divvy at federal level..

4) At federal level, taxes are levied not on income or profit, but on natural resources such as oil and water. The proceeds are then divided equally amongst us all.

5) Resource taxes – called happitax - are paid by all users, both people and corporations. This bumps up the cost of living. But the dividends – called happicash – are divvied out only to people. Moroever, they are tax-free; so they eliminate the bloatwork involved in means testing and exemptions. So the majority of people automatically get more happicash than the extra they pay for higher-priced goods. Indeed, the higher the tax, the happier the majority.

6) In the long-term, this achieves Financial Independence for All andFull Unemployment– people working because they want to, not because they have to. At last, there will be Happitime For All - allowing everyone to pursue happiness, each in his or her own unique way.

7) For m.o.r.e. visit happiocracy’s Home

The Big Picture - happiocracy in one-liners.

THE PLAYERS
The MOO (1) : Minority Of One; the most important minority of all.
The MOO (2) : Microeconomy Of One; the most important economy of all.
The citizen : of one or more countries: by birth, marriage, residence, investment etc;
The hereditor (1) : citizen of one country only, by birth.
The hereditor (2) : a juror-shareholder-citizen who makes law and gets dividends.
The bloatworker : talent going to waste; doing government-induced bloatwork.
The bloatlawyer : one in the private or public sector who does bloatwork.
The geopol : federal politician dealing with global, not domestic, matters.
The passionado : a MOO who works for love, whether paid or not.

"HAPPI" TERMS
"happi with an i" : minimizes unhappiERness, especially of the unhappierest.
"unhappi with an i" : causes unhappiERness, especially of the unhappierest.
"unhappiERness" : the extra unhappiness we feel when government gets it wrong.
"happiERism" : eradication of unhappiERness, especially of the unhappierest.

MOO CONCEPTS
MOOism : humankind putting MOOs first; above entities and special interests
Hereditorship : nations putting their own MOOs first; above others.
PEERism : MOOs communicating and collaborating together.
Ancestral Treasure : the roots, identity, customs, values, history, culture, institutions and infrastructure that we feel comfortable with, bequeathed to us by our ancestors.
Peer Treasure : what is added to yesterday's Ancestral Treasure to become tomorrow's.

GOVERNMENT WITH A PURPOSE
The Vision : An abundance of happitime for All.
... Happitime : time free from unhappilaw, bloatwork, choicelessness.
The Purpose : Emancipation of the MOO from unhappierness.
The Mission : Full Unemployment
... Full Unemployment : emancipated MOOs working for passion, not choicelessness.

BLOAT - THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG
bloatfree : no means testing, exemptions or other economic distortions.
bloatprogram : a program whose costs outweigh its benefits.
bloatwork (1): government-legislated work not worth its cost.
bloatwork (2): a huge waste of the nation's talent.
bloatlaw, bloattax ...... let your imagination run wild.

THE MAIN FACTORS OF HAPPIOCRACY
happiLAW : one-law-at-a-time ratified by different juries of hereditor-jurors.
UNhappilaw : one-law-after-another made by politicians whilst in office.
happiJUSTICE : one-dispute-at-a-time judged by different juries of hereditor-jurors.
UNhappijustice : one-dispute-after-another judged by the same tenured justices.
happiDATA : the original evidence please, not selected interpretations
UNhappidata : interpretations selected to benefit special interests.
happiOTL : one-term-limits that open up opportunities for other great leaders.
happiNOTA : none-of-the-above, an essential option for all elections.

THE MAIN FACTORS OF HAPPINOMICS
happiCASH : federal revenue divvied out equally to All (hereditors).
UNhappicash : federal revenue divided unequally for the benefit of Some not Others
happiMONEY : newly created money divvied out equally to All (hereditors)
UNhappimoney : new money created by private banks for
profit.
happiTAX : a bloatfree tax that does not impair affordability.
UNhappitax : a tax that impairs affordability e.g. income tax, profits tax.
tax-and-divvy : we-the-hereditors spending happicash on Our Choices
print-and-divvy : we-the-hereditors spending happimoney on Our Choices
click-and-divvy : to create new money and divvy it out equally to All (hereditors)
divvytax : a tax whose proceeds are divvied out in full, bloatfree, to All (hereditors)

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