e-governments (Score 1)

This is a great topic and for those that are interested in taking this to the next level go to your local library and get a copy of "The Sovereign Individual" by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. They too see a future with some sort of digital currency backed with gold or possibly something else. What I find even more interesting about their view is that they see governments of the future COMPETING for residents rather than the current situation where most of us are like employees. Technology is changing business models. Does it matter whether Microsoft is based in Bangkok or Zurich? We can even see it now with lots of money moving offshore, and not necessarily to places like the Caymans or Bermuda. Tax competition is just getting started. Would you rather pay 50 % marginal income tax in New York with no medical care, personal safety, or decent education for you kids, or go to a place like France(or any number of other countries) and pay 55 with great medical care, and top notch schools?? It may be right around the corner that technology and the power of the internet make shopping for a busines jurisdiction, place to raise children, or an alternative to the U.S. dollar, is as easy as comparing auto insurance on the web. Missingmay