(11-02-2010, 12:28 PM)addy Wrote: So you're the ruler of your own sovereign, mythical nation. Hooray! What would you personally put down as law? What would be legal/illegal?no fossil fuelled vehicles.
I imagine all of us would permit piracy in our countries
In mine, men and women will have equal rights, pay, and opportunities. Period. And veryone will have a kind of socialized legal representation (like socialized health care) so everyone will be entitled to the best protection under the law without rich people being able to buy the system in their favor.
Also, cats will be named living deities
energy sourced from alternative source, such as wind, solar, and an odd nuclear plant which will be decommissioned as soon as we get enough wind farms and such on line.
death for certain crimes. child murder, rape, and any heinous crime other than manslaughter or accidental killing and also death for politicians found guilty of corruption.
weed legal but must be sold through a registered shop, booze legal. heroine and the like illegal, (with a death sentence for selling or muling it)
education mandatory to at least the end of high school with subsidies for those who can't afford it,
a percentage of earnings soley for education and the basic level of medical care. if you can afford private treatment and wish to pay for it you may but you still have to pay the percentage from earnings.
no vat. all tax will come directly from earning with the exception. of booze tobacco and weed. (they're good little earners
)price controls on certain items such as weed, booze and tobacco, ( the price will be 10% less than the global average of all the western world)
condoms and other methods of birth control would be free.