policy

Note: an economic policy white paper has been drafted by Frank Cocozelli. 26 pages in length, well footnoted, it is an excellently written piece. It is now being reviewed by IPC Board members and being revised by Frank. Once this process is complete it will be made available for comments and input from others.

I've read the many comments on economics posted here. I am very impressed with the level of knowledge displayed here. Yet I feel the need to go deeper, to get down to the basics.

So to get down to basics I offer the following. From my knowledge of life the very most basic need of humans, in fact all of Our Creators creation, is survival of the species. From this the next two needs are safety and security, safety in the immediate short term (from attack etc.) and security in the longer term, (insurance at some level that existence is assured).

So how do Christians, or people of any faith, assure that short term safety and long term security are achieved? I believe it is from adhering to the Golden Rule, to treat others and you wish to be treated. This is also known as The Ethic of Reciprocity. Stated in either a negative or positive manner, it is basic to all major religions. The non-religious can embrace the Ethic of Reciprocity