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The Ethics of Wikileaking, Revisited “If Wikileaks had merely leaked information relating to morally questionable acts or illegalities, then I would have regarded such leaks as morally acceptable and even laudable. However, the folks at Wikileaks have crossed a moral line by publishing a cable providing a list of resources and assets “whose loss could critically impact the public health, economic security, and/or national and homeland security of the United States.”” http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com/?p=2389
Cf.: Wikijerks http://www.whattofix.com/blog/archives/2010/12/wikijerks.php
Keeping WikiLeaks in Perspective http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/keeping-wikileaks-in-perspective/
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ‘will release poison pill of damaging secrets if killed or arrested’
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“Our friend Smári McCarthy is campaigning to evolve the political system in Iceland. Smári recognizes that constraining freedom of speech/expression in any medium destroys everyone’s freedom, and protects no one. He also recognizes that government is for people, not for companies and interests. He wants to do nothing less than re-write the constitution of Iceland. I hope he succeeds in helping to change and evolve the government of Iceland.
More from Smári:” http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/11763/2010/11/18
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Ireland: Key Proposals
“2. Key Proposals
2.1 Financial and Monetary Reform
- Stop the banking bailouts. Remove the bank guarantee for bondholders in while retaining it for depositors when the current guarantee runs out.
- Instruct NAMA to sell off non-Irish loan properties and selected high value Irish properties subject to strict criteria. Create LLPs (Limited Liability Partnerships) to develop and hold key resilient estates.
- Public Debt Proposal 1: Campaign for ECB to disburse debt-free Euro to EMU governments on a per capita basis. €1 trillion should be disbursed immediately with a further 5% of EMU GDP distributed per annum.
- Public Debt Proposal 2: Insert a provision stating that in the event of default – the bearer on demand can use those defaulted securities to pay government taxes.
- Reform bankruptcy laws from 12 years to 3 years ban on directorships and garnishment of income and legacies.
- Reform landlord and Tenant legislation to allow for retrospective reduction of rents to market level.2.2 Tax Shift or Environmental Taxation Reform (ETS)
- Implement an annual Site Value Tax (SVT) covering developed and zoned land
- Start preparations for Land Value Tax (LVT) covering the remaining non- zoned agricultural, forests, and peatland for budget 2013.
- Raise the Carbon Tax (or Cap and Auction Permits) to equivalent of €50 per tonne Co2 per annum to cover all fossil fuel users and share receipts with adult residents.
- Roll out domestic water metres for annual domestic water charges. Introduce charges on water effluent / pollution and water abstraction.
- Introduce comprehensive charging for the use of all the natural commons, increasing charges as use declines to maintain revenue and positive behavioural changes as identified by the EEA
- Prepare new Fiscal and Market mechanisms to address the immediate threats to Fisheries and Marine Biodiversity Commons
- Reform environmentally damaging subsidies
- Expose the true costs of services and utilities and reduce cross subsides2.3 Public Sector Spending and Services Reform
- Reduce by 40% the salaries of all elected national and local representatives starting with the President to match levels in other European States.
- Terminate pension payments to elected representatives retired public /civil /semi state servants that have not reached 65 years and/or are still serving or employed whether under PAYE or by contract.
- Introduce a new very high rate, i.e. 75% of income tax for privileged workers earning over €75k pa until pay and benefits are reduced to EU levels and where the highest paid gets no more than 8 times the lowest paid.
- Remove public sector pension privileges.
- Tax Lump-sum public pension payments at the top rate
- Adjust all other the special Tax Expenditures / Relief as identified by TASC.
- Remove citizenship from Irish tax exiles.
- Reform funding of public services to be citizen-centred with choice of public, private and not-for-profit service provider2.4 Employment and Investment in Resilience
- Initiate a reserve workforce through a Job Guarantee Programme to build social and environmental resilience and thereby stimulate the economy.
- The basic non-contributory pension should be raised to provide the greater part of pension for public sector, private and not-for-profit sector alike.
- Tax relief at the lowest income tax rate for a State Contributory Pension should be made available on an ‘opt-out basis’
- Pension tax relief at the highest rate should remain for funds that are 100% invested in local resilience building
- No tax relief should be available for pension savings or investment in non-Irish bonds and shares.
- Maximise Environmental, Social and Economic Value of State Assets to benefit citizens in perpetuity.” http://smarttaxes.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Smart-Taxes-Budget-17.11.10.pdf
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