stevis

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by stevis 16y ago
THE ROLE OF FIRST NATION Mancur Olson suggested offering generic benefits to attract people to his large groups. The difficulty in that is where do these benefits come from? Small groups don't have the resources to put that together. So we
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by stevis 16y ago
Nonsense. I'll reply at the top level though so i can answer other's questions, too.
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by stevis 16y ago
No, but thank you. There's actually a full, beautiful site behind that hastily hacked together front page. That's what will go live soon - probably Tuesday or Wednesday.
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by stevis 16y ago
That's a great idea. I think we have some mutual friends. I'll see if i can get to him.
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by stevis 16y ago
It's not live yet. Probably Tuesday by the looks of it. We gave this interview hoping to flesh out the natural questions that people might have. So far, Hacker News has done the best job. We're compiling things for the FAQ and the other 80%
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by stevis 16y ago
Both actually, but the Belgian example is really helpful. -- note to self - be more clear. :-)
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by stevis 16y ago
> If you want to FIX America, start by teaching people to think for themselves and dislodge themselves from the meme that everything in the political arena has to be constructed under an "us versus them" mentality, This is, I believe, n
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by stevis 16y ago
Thanks for that example, Gormo. We hadn't seen that one. Most of the other examples we'd found were separate, but geographically overlapping systems based on secular vs. religious laws.
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by stevis 16y ago
This has nothing in common with that. It's really just as simple as allowing enforcement of a group contract. And people look for legal workarounds all the time. The really expensive lawyers are excellent at it.
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by stevis 16y ago
Yes, so there can't be a true "universal" public option that lets in everyone at first. But a nation would have control over their membership requirements so they can control the flow. Also, many nations might join a health care alliance to
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by stevis 16y ago
Yes, we've re-defined domestic nation law constantly since the Marshall trilogy in the early 1800s. You're right. There's no way it could work that way. There'd have to be a bunch of rules to limit it and be a benefit for the states, too. W
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by stevis 16y ago
Sure, if you make the case based on the Establishment clause and try to sue your way to creating them. Legitimate Native Americans have tried to sue their way into their own nations and it's been thrown out. But I'm not. It's based on Congr