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Taylor D.C.:
How does the actually dissolving of the government start? Is it some sort of executive order issued by the president? So people just start getting fired until it's collapsed? I'm not too educated on the specifics of it so i just need to know how to educate other people on what exactly this top-down approach consists of.

Magnaniman:
I don't know what Adam's plan is, but Dr. Marc Alan Feldman, a Libertarian presidential candidate had an interesting approach.  He proposes to start by allowing donations to charities to count as taxes paid.  Eventually, he says, that will lead to the dissolution of the IRS and the obligations and services of the federal government being shouldered directly by the people.  He's definitely working on a much more gradual time table than Adam's four years, but it's an interesting idea nonetheless.

Adam Kokesh:
Magnaniman - WOW! Can I hire you to be me? Great answers.

Taylor -
"But what happens in the event of the dissolution of the federal government to the constitution? In other words, how do we protect ourselves from cops who won't immediately stand down and will still throw us in jail for unconstitutional reasons?"
The Constitution is only as relevant as people make it, and right now, it's only relevant for justifying power, not as an effective check on it. I've been arrested more than several times by police acting contrary to the Constitution, and never once did that piece of paper fly in and intervene. What the police do is determined by what the people support and tolerate, not what the paper giving them an excuse to do it says.
"Also, will there be any affect on healthcare?"
Magnaniman's answer here is great. Healthcare will immediately be much cheaper, and there will be much better ways to pay for it. We can only predict just how much better, as without federal regulation in the way, long-stifled entrepreneurship will finally be let loose on the healthcare industry.
"How does the actually dissolving of the government start?"
It starts right now by withdrawing your consent and support! As for the administrative process, whomever is elected on this platform will have a very specific mandate. There are a lot of gradual plans, but mine is the ethical one that immediately absolves the government of any authority by executive order. By the time anyone could be elected on this platform, the dollar will be useless, so it's hard to predict how much government will actually be left. I imagine this will be a matter of picking up the pieces, cleaning up the mess, and giving the land back to the people as equitably as possible. Please see my thread on the "Freedom Dream Team" for a bit more of the specifics. http://thefreedomline.com/forums/index.php?topic=665.0

Magnaniman:
Haha!  Thanks, Adam.  I'll need to do some more pushups, but I've got the pseudo-scruffy, "I use the #1 attachment on my clippers for my entire head" look going on already.

Do you really think that it will take the self-inflicted collapse of the government for people to fully begin to realize voluntarism en masse?  I recognize that you are trying to make it work the other way around, but I guess I was hoping for more gung-ho optimism...

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