Right to Spend

Alice: So do you have a bill of citizen's rights?

Caterpillar: Of course we do. Like the Right to Spend.

A: Right to Spend?

C: Every citizen has a right to spend at least $1000 a month.

A: And what if someone doesn't have it?

C: That is impossible. They all get a thousand dollars a month from the treasury.

A: But for what?

C: So they can fulfill their Right to Spend, of course!

A: Where I come from, you have to work to get paid.

C: That is because you don't have a Right to Spend.

A: But then why would anyone work?

C: If they want to spend more than a thousand dollar, they have to work and earn it.

C: We should also talk about Rights that have been done away with.

A: What?

C: For example, the Government does not have a Right to tax.

A: Really! So how does the Government have money?

C: With the printing press, of course. The Government can print for itself ten times as much money as it gives to each citizen.

A: Where I come from, printing money is discouraged.

C: Here, printing excess money is forbidden. On the first of January, the government prints exactly as much money is needed to distribute to citizen. And 10 times as much for itself. Then it can print no more. This way, they do not need to collect taxes and there is no inflation. Two of the biggest problems just disappear.

A: Interesting. And what other Rights have you abolished?

C: The Right of Inheritance. Every person must spend all their money before they die. Any unspent money returns to the Government treasury.

A: I don't think rich people like that!

C: Not at the beginning. But in time they realize its fair.