Actually, there is another way - which I have thought for some time is the way to go - distributist ownership of land, complete free market capitalism for everything else. Basically you would get to own your share of the land free and clear with no taxes and fees - if you wanted to own more you would have to come up with some arrangement with someone else. There are a few ways this could be done - one way would be to every year divide the right to own land a few years in the future (for example, in 2014 you divide up credits for the right to own land in 2024) and then let people buy and sell the credits freely. I would keep the current system of land titles and such - but for a title to remain valid the owner would need to come up with the credits for the square footage of land he/she owned. If land became unowned there would be a system to claim it. If you had an average amount of land - you would own it free and clear and not have to worry about it - if you owned less than average, you would receive a constant stream of income from those who owned more. A big problem with the current system is that everyone has to come up with cash every month for a place to lay his head. It is illegal to pitch a tent somewhere and sleep in it without paying someone. Even if you own land you have to come up with a few hundred dollars every month for taxes or the government auctions it off ( here in Oregon the government keeps the entire sale price, not just the back property taxes). If people did not all have to essentially pay rent to someone - they would have a lot more leverage in negotiating with employers. Food and other necessities are not to expensive if you live simply - if you eat mostly grains and prepare your food yourself you can sustain life for a few dollars a month - I have personal experience in this area, there was two year timespan when I was growing up that my father was unable to bring in an income - he was completely unwilling to go on public assistance - and he fed a family of six for less than $70 a month in today's dollars. We lived on wheat, corn and soybeans, pinto beans were a luxury and we had a year round garden - and we got eggs when the chickens were laying (the chickens foraged for their own food. We did not have a mortgage, but it was a struggle to come up with the $2800 a year we needed for property taxes.

I am a creationist myself (in the minority here on Slashdot) and frequently listen to Christian radio. I often find myself cringing when Ken Ham's little segments come on. He usually uses circular reasoning to prove his point - the following is an exact paraphrase of something I heard him say recently: "The Bible states that the world is less than 6000 years old and therefore evolution is wrong. Because evolution is wrong because the Bible says it is wrong, we have proved the evolutionists to be an unreliable source and therefore we can not trust the evolutionists criticism of the Bible." I personally know a number of scientists who believe in creation/intelligent design (plus one atheist leaning agnostic with doubts about the probability of life arising by chance) who would represent the creation side of the argument better than Ken Ham.