I was thinking of starting my own political party just for fun and I can't seem to come up with a name. Thinking about it, I'm not sure what sort of label properly even captures my political beliefs. I'm open to suggestions:
- Dictatorship/Absolute Monarch > Democracy/Republic
- Market Economy > Planned Economy
- Private Property Ownership > Public Property Ownership
- Strict Objective Moral Values Enforced by Government > No Moral Values Enforced by Government
- Racial homogeny > diversity.
- Elitist > Egalitarian
- Patriarchy > Equality
- Military Class Rule > Merchant Class Rule
- Taxes as close to 0% to still maintain society > high taxes
- No welfare state whatsoever > any welfare state
What would you call such politics if you wanted to give it a catchy label?
And I believe a flat tax on land is the correct way to fund the government. National security vital industries like farming and mining having the land taxes deferred for individuals, paid for out of the military budget, and recouped when the property is transferred to non-family members or repurposed for non-vital use.
tariffs have frequently been used for cronyism, diplomacy, and punishing political enemies, but that doesn't mean a future benevolent monarch couldn't use them for the express purpose of strengthening national sovereignty
I did not say NO taxes, I said as close to 0 as possible to still maintain things. I've worked out the numbers before and I think I could easily maintain a very effective government with a 5% Consumption tax and tariffs on imports/exports set to maximize international competition while maintaining a healthy domestic production industry.
Ok but what if you want to buy a new yacht every year? Might as well raise it to 8%.
I don't want to buy a new yacht every year though.
You don't NOW but if there's something you want in the future there's nothing stopping you from raising taxes.