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The Issue:
For many reasons and myriad circumstances, Some people and groups of people acquire and control significantly more resources and opportunities than other people. Concurrently, for equally numerous reasons and circumstances, some people neither acquire nor control adequate resources to successfully manage and cope with their reality. Just as this inequity applies to individuals, it also applies to families, communities, businesses, regions, and nations. This fundamental disparity prompts several questions that need answers from each of us, from each community, from each business, from each government, from each nation.
• What limits if any should there be on the level or amount of resources and control any one individual, family, community, business, organization, or government may possess?
• What if any rules or restrictions should be imposed on any one individual, family, community, business, organization, or government?
• What responsibility do individuals, families, communities, businesses, groups, networks, or other entities have to share their resources and control with entities outside their immediate domains?
• What authority or power should any government have to restrict, regulate, seize, or enhance the resources or control of people or entities within its jurisdictions?
• What responsibility if any does government have to protect people and other entities within its jurisdiction from risks and jeopardies within that jurisdiction – from outside that jurisdiction?
• What responsibility if any does government have to compensate for the inability of people and other entities within its jurisdiction to successfully cope with or manage their needs, problems, and vulnerabilities?
• What rights and entitlements do people and other entities have that cannot be limited, restricted, or interfered with through government action or inaction?