Description: A Citizen's Perspective
With love of country and a will to make our home better, this website is an attempt to reconcile the disparities between “liberty” and “justice.” In other words, between “freedom” and “responsibility” within our constitutional framework. I examine disparities between: 1) who benefits and who pays the costs of any economic exchange; 2) between a growth economy and the impediments of property rights; and 3) between the promise of freedom and the realities of racism, classism, poverty, and inordinate incarcera
To avoid authoritarian responses to “seemingly intractable problems,” I am proposing “peer accountability” to reign in the excesses of “unfettered capitalism” by means of tax responsibility. I am suggesting we can maintain choice and freedom, all the while addressing injustices, our environment, and economy – all necessary to make our country great again. As one example, “taxation with representative responsibility” raises money from pollution, according to science-assessed health and environmental costs. T
This framework can be applied to many present-day crises, like reconciling public and police safety with over-incarceration, possibly more effective than command-and-control enforcement. Or to social media or AI, holding big tech and their users financially responsible for increases in teen suicides or consequential crimes. In each of the following essays, there is a repeating theme of a kinder, gentler, proactive approach that might contribute to criminal justice reform, healthcare reform, and environmenta