Re: Government, taxes, and the future (Score 1)

Well I don't think that anyone need worry. I'm in the middle of 'The Sovereign Individual' by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg, and it's all about the coming economic revolution and how technology advancement will, with a high degree of probability, bring about the evolution of a much more distributed economic climate, one where, for instance, tax as a way of funding infrastructural components, no longer exists. It's pretty radical thinking, but looking at where things are now, and the inherent uncontrollability of the net which is a foundation communications infrastructure, I think it makes a lot of sense. 'User pays' everything, anyone? I haven't finished the book yet, I'm reading it as we speak, but it's a pretty awesome read. Particularly for those Tofflerans amongst you (specifically The Third Wave and Powershift as two essential reference books on global change).
The Sovereign Individual at amazon


cheers!