Interesting take on Sanjuro's Assassination Market

[dan at geer.org]

 > (sidenote: what if a future "electronic monetary system" that relied on
 > community taxation would have a voting option, such that 50% of taxes go
 > towards a general system of operation, and the other 50%, say based on
 > income, can be steered into categories of funding (e.g. crime prevention).
 > such that localities or demographics could focus their tax contribution
 > towards the issues of most relevance. <snip>

Pacifists have long yearned to pay no war taxes and
might perhaps speak up now, if they are present here.

--dan