Magna Carta for the Information Age

Magna Carta for the Information Age

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We hold these truths to be self-evident...

  1. People everywhere are born equal, no matter their country of birth or residence.
  2. Workers everywhere deserve a living wage.
  3. Income of all types should be taxed equitably; the working poor should not be taxed at a higher rate than the very rich (as they often are in the USA today, where only rich people are effectively exempt from Social Security taxes, which are a large burden to lower income earners; and where stock and other investment income is taxed at very low rates compared to wages earned by the sweat of one’s brow).
  4. The large wage differences paid for the same work by the same corporations in different countries, which are often an order of magnitude or greater, are inherently unjust.
  5. The enormous inequality of wealth, as in 1998 America where the annual income of Bill Gates equals the combined incomes of the lower 40% of the US population, must be reduced.
  6. All people should be treated to equal justice in the courts of law. Money should not buy the law.
  7. The democratic governments of the people should not be bought and sold.
  8. Truth matters. Neither government officers, elected officials, nor corporate officers should be able to lie to the public without punishment.
  9. Corporations should have NO rights which people do not have.
  10. Elected government officials should work for the good of the citizenry.

    1. They should not work to get themselves re-elected.
    2. They should not work to make political opponents look bad.
    3. They should not work to re-pay the bribes of wealthy individuals or corporations.