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A Dollar is The Only Vote Worth Having Let me ask you a question. If someone offered you $1 million dollars for your lifetime right to vote, would you take it? I certainly would. Sheesh, I'd even take $100K! Let's face it, a vote is about as worthless as toilet paper, but with a million dollars in the bank you could set yourself up for life - if you planned it carefully. In this age of democracy, we are all encouraged to value the vote and to make sure we exercise it when required. Obviously most of the European Union citizens do not agree - judging by the poor turn out at the recent EU elections. Then just the other day, I read an article online at the Village Voice - which went on to describe how young women under 25 have a very poor voting record. One on-the-ball clothing company has even come out with a t-shirt saying, "Voting is For Old People". And voting is only going to get more unpopular - especially as people's regard for politicians continues to slump to all-time lows. It's getting so bad that it's quite likely more and more countries may attempt to introduce compulsory voting - as in Australia. I've often wondered why Australians are compelled to vote - given that most nations don't impose such draconian measures. I can only think of one answer really - that Australians are such a bloody-minded bunch, that if voting were voluntary, they may not turn out at all! The fact is, any sane person knows that their vote is not worth much. Oh sure, at election time the politicians will harp on about the need for you to express yourself. But that's all it is, just "expressing" yourself. It doesn't achieve anything else. May as well express yourself by standing on a soapbox in your own city park and mouth off about your favourite topic. Or better still, just let off steam in the shower. No, give me dollars instead of votes anytime! Now, a dollar in the hand is the greatest voting mechanism every invented. You get to vote every day, exactly as you wish. And you vote according to your personal requirements. Even better, you get EXACTLY what you voted for - which is more than can be said when you cast a political vote. Want a better house? Vote for one with your dollars and it shall be yours. Want a good bottle of wine with your dinner? Vote for one, and there it is. Want a weekend away with the love of your life? No problem, just cast your vote. Dollars are REAL votes, not useless ones as handed out in the political game of Crapopoly. Each dollar you hold has power - the power to get you what you want. Of course, everybody knows this intuitively - how else can you explain the inordinate effort to which people will go to get dollars - and how little effort they expend in trying to make their political vote amount to anything. Dollar votes represent the most democratic system of allocating resources ever known. If you've got the dollars, then you have the power to achieve what you want. Don't listen to the losers and complainers of the world, who are forever playing the political game in order to get a hold or your dollar-votes - by way of taxation. In fact the political vote is the "official" tool of the moocher and looter. They are incompetent at the task of accumulating enough dollars by their own efforts, so resort to using their political vote to extract YOUR dollars instead. Yes, dollars are wonderful things - and with them you can vote yourself everything your heart desires - almost. But there's a rub. These dollar votes are not free. You have to expend effort to gain them. In fact, you have to find ways of fulfilling the needs and desires of other people, in order for them to give you dollars in return. This is a hard fact of life - a fact than many people would prefer to blank out. But it's true. As they say, money doesn't grow on trees. On the other hand, your political vote is totally free. They give them away. No effort is required. Just be born, grow up, reach a certain age - and voila! Not only are they free, but no matter how often you vote, you never run out of them. The only thing you have to do, to keep your side of the bargain (the social contract you never signed up to) is to spend them appropriately - once every few years, on the politician who promises you the most in return. For the sovereign individual, dollar votes trump political votes every time. And that brings me to an important point. You can increase your practical freedom to the same degree you can accumulate dollar votes. More dollars, more economic votes, more practical freedom. Trouble is, most people are trapped. Trapped economically, trapped by high taxes, trapped by debt, trapped by a dead-end job, trapped in a life-draining relationship, trapped by bad habits - and trapped by their own faulty thinking. Most people think, "If only I could lay my hands on more money, then I could sort out my problems". And it's true, many problems have an economic component, and are either caused by, or exacerbated by, too little of the folding stuff. Certainly, in the case of achieving greater practical freedom, dollars play a critical role. So how do you, if you're an aspiring sovereign individual, get enough dollars to make the break, to set yourself free? Fortunately, there is a way - if you have enough motivation and persistence. Just as in the "old days", if you wanted to get ahead, you went out and got a second job - so it is today. You need a "second job". But governments don't much like people who get second jobs, and usually devise the tax system to penalise such party-poopers. Greedy economic vote-grabbers! Even more fortunately, getting a second job is a lot easier than it used to be - if you get your head around how the internet works, and how you can make money on it. Personally, I think the internet is the most revolutionary tool for freedom ever devised. You may not know it, sitting in your first-world home, but the internet is opening up opportunities and breaking down national barriers. The internet is colour-blind, age-blind, race-blind, appearance- blind, and religion-blind. All that matters is ability. And that means if you have ability of some sort, then you can benefit by joining the ranks of aspiring internet entrepreneurs. For the sovereign individual, this is even more significant. Not only can you earn extra dollars in a "second job", but you can use this alternative source of income to build up a freedom dollar account somewhere nice and private - like in an offshore bank, or in digital precious metal. Okay, I admit, people are trying to make a dollar on the internet every day - and failing. Why? That's simple, they don't know how to do it. Most opportunity seekers on the net are consumed by one thing - how to make money quick. The "get rich quick" mentality is a complete crock, and can only lead to pain and suffering. However, it is seductive, especially to those new to the idea of online business. Every day I see totally useless "opportunities" promoted with misplaced optimism. So, there is a learning curve involved. But at some point, people wise up - and either give up idea completely, or discover what it really takes to make online business work. After all, an online business is like any business. It requires motivation, effort and persistence. But if you're prepared to do that - then you CAN make money on the net. There are plenty of successful examples to prove it. Even better, an online business does not require oodles of capital. And this is what makes it so attractive. You can literally start such a business on a shoe string. If YOU are looking to increase your freedom, then you need more dollars to give you economic voting power. If you don't have enough of these already, then there is a myriad of ways you can earn them - if you take it seriously and work at it. Personally, I love the way the internet market works - and there is nothing more fulfilling and exciting than the rush you get when you build a business online. For the sovereign individual, there is more than money at stake. Just imagine, a small, part time income could grow into a full time one. And once you reach that stage - the ability to earn all your income online - you have the means to "internationalise" your life. At that point, a whole new world of opportunity opens up - giving you not just dollars in the bank, but the freedom to lead the life you want to. I'm so convinced the internet is the "freedom train" for anyone who has the smarts to see it - that I've created a new, free information resource - specifically for individuals who want to start and build an internet business, and build a freedom dollar account. I've been putting this new web site together over the last few months. But the inspiration for it comes from my own experience - my real life experience of earning a full time income on the net for over five years now. I don't pretend to be an internet "guru", but I do know what works and what doesn't - from the school of internet hard knocks. And I know you don't need to be a guru to succeed. You just need to be pointed in the right direction - and to avoid the many pitfalls. My new web site is designed to provide a "short cut" - to enable any aspiring internet entrepreneur to home in on the ideas, tools and strategies and DO work - and avoid the pain of following worse than useless advice. So, if your an aspiring internet entrepreneur, who's excited by the idea of being able to build a second, private stash of the sort of votes that count - then I invite you to take a look. It won't cost you anything - but it might just be the inspiration you need to get off your butt and do something about it! I say vote with your feet, and make your vote count. Check it out at: http://www.start-internet-homebusiness.com Yours in freedom & prosperity David MacGregor | ||||
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