Version 7.0 08/16/2024 (Final Business Plan Before Incorporation)

AFFEERCE is a profitable business plan that purchases land into a commons’ trust and, as the plan progresses, distributes the rents equally to everyone on Earth. This land is available through perpetual auction and awarded to the party willing to pay the most to hold it – creating multiple benefits. 

  1. It awards everyone an equal share of the rents. By using monetary policy to reallocate productive resources this “Earth Dividend” will cover everyone’s basic needs.
  2. It makes land affordable relatively close to major city centers. This benefit is harder to see and arguably more impactful than even the Earth Dividend.
  3. Human history is fraught with unjust seizures of land. AFFEERCE can’t repair the previous harm that this has caused but it will stop its continuation.
  4. In 40 to 80 years, this will end hunger, homelessness, taxes, tyranny, and war.

AFFEERCE is a profitable business plan that will transform our world.  We are moving forward on a shoestring budget. Investors are welcome. They will not only help themselves, but the future of humanity.

Preface
Copyright Info Protection in the days before content is liberated.
Acknowledgements Thanks to those who helped.
Changes in 7.0 What is new since version 6.0
Reviews Impressions of early readers and contributors.
Associated Spreadsheets Excel spreadsheets referenced in the modules.

Introduction
Authors Introduction A buisiness plan to create a new world. Essential introductory reading
Investor Summary Summary of the Economic Engine

The Innovation
Introduction to the ABC Investment and ABC relationship to the host government.
Capturing the Land Land in the commons trust - exploring the innovation.
A Commons Trust Understanding collection, distribution and transition.
The Phases Overview of changed phase meaning in version 6

The AFFEERCE Benefit Corporation - Setup
Structure of the ABC Employees and basic operations.
Franchises Strategy to maintain monopoly.
The Shoestring Scenario Default slow going without a major investor

The not-for-profit VIP
VIP Land Management The non-profit that designs the mapping, land capture, and cellular democracy mechanics software.
VIP Treasury Creates Elsies, sets monetary poilicy, biometric identity and transactions.
The Elsie Our biometric digital currency backed by land in the commons trust.
The Elsie Toolkit Programmable, powerful, free transaction environment.
VIP Identity Part of the Elsie Toolkit, but also an early focus of the Treasury.

All that Hype
How much will the ABC Pay How much will the ABC pay for your house?
The Basic ABC Operation Fun with purchasing agent and Joe.
County Benefits Benefits for signing agreement.
Why I Sould Sell Reasons why many home and business owners will rush to sell property into the commons trust.

Land Share and Rent
Parameters of Ground Rent in the Early Days How ground rent can be estimated from land share.
Average Rent as a percent of Purchase Price Relationship with land share.

Creating Elsie Demand
Retail Arbitrage Consumers and merchants get free money using the Elsie.
Discounts and Treble Arbitrage Discounts in the Elsie will create a surge of arbitrage demand for Elsies in order to capture property.
Elsie Dividend and the Peg Relationship of discounts to the size of the dividend.
Bidder Arbitrage Bids at auction create Elsie demand
Auction and Dividend Timing How the timing of auctions increases dividends
The 99.16% Inventory Where Elsies go when demand is low
Equilibrium The balance between Elsie supply and demand
Holding 99 Percent How demand and supply keep Elsies at 99% of peg.

The ABC Ram and Jam Operation
A 20 Year Phase I Can the ABC acheive its land purchasing mission in 20 years?
Columns of the Spreadsheet Understand the spreadsheet behind the 20-year Phase I
Natural Demand Do nothing for a 236-year Phase I
Market Makers They keep the Elsie stable outside of ram and jam - for a small profit
Elsie Dump Recovery How long will it take for the ABC to recover from a major retail dump of Elsies?
The Freedom Tax Bribes as the cost of doing business?

Intentional Communities
Viral Community Enterprises Viral communities, the heart and soul of previous versions is privatized in version 6.0. This is a guide for interested entrepreneurs.
Hayseed County What if only one rural county in the whole world signs the agreement. What will the dynamics be?

The VIP
Earmarking Put arbitrary spending restrictions on accounts.
VIP-Enforced Budgets Create a budget that can't be broken by purchasers.
Merchants and the VIP Free transactions leave credit cards in the dust.

Birth of the Earth Dividend
Earth Dividends Earth Dividends in Phases I and II
Phase II Cellular Democracies Some communities reach this great milestone in 3 years.
Financing an Earth Dividend The magic of present value funds and deflation.
Earth Dividend Auction Lotteries Free to Phase II communities - but others must bid.
Phase II Phaseouts Technical details on the transition to the Earth Dividend

Phase II Earth Dividend Distributions
Phase II Education Education Earth Dividend distribution before federation.
Phase II Healthcare Healthcare Earth Dividend distribution before federation.
Phase II Judiciary Why a judiciary before federation?
Phase II Non-universal Wellness and even no-recidivism annuties.

Phase II Hyperdeflation Event Horizon
Hyperdeflation Scenarios The present value fund consumes all Elsies.
Phase II Monetary Policy Slow the time to hyperdeflation until ready.
Monetary Policy Timeline Phase I through federation. Great resource.
Phase II Spreadsheet Columns Understand the columns of the Phase II Spreadsheet

A New World is Born
Federation Constitution Martin Rezny's Vision of the Federation Constitution
Summary of the Vision A summary of the wonderful world of land-based capitalism.

Theories of Land or Location Value
Location Value The force assuring the voluntary payment of rent.
Is Land Value a Fluid? Land value = wealth = currency + reserves.
Spatial Equilibrium Why is location so valuable?
How the Earth Dividend Counters Sprawl Land creates the dividend which protects the land.

Additional Land Modules of Interest
Unrented Commons Land The traditional commons land.
Is Community Global? Location value is created by the global community.
Problems with a Land Tax The land tax solution has serious problems.

Capturing Land
Introduction to Trebling You see the land, you want the land, you get the land.
Depreciated Replacement Cost How much are the structures on the land worth?
Initiating a Treble Technical details of land capture.

Trebler War
Trebler War They shall turn their swords into plowshears - and treble!
Avoiding a Hostile Takeover Protecting your profitable location monopoly from the trebler.
Trebling for New Construction A guide for developers.

Monopoly
Surprising Government Protections of Monopoly Governments today use and threaten violence to protect certain monopolies.
Monopoly and the General Welfare Without these threats, monopolies benefit everyone.
Location Monopoly Value Location monopoly - convenience and revenue for all.

Other Uses of the Treble
Trebling Beyond Hard Land High above, deep below, frequencies and more.
Trebling the Grid Capuring utility subsystems for profit.
Roads and Bridges Capturing roads and bridges for profit.
Protecting the Earth Capturing air and timber rights to protect the Earth (and profit).

Living with the Treble
Condominiums in Land-based Capitalism Capturing a single apartment.
Tenants of Tenants How landlords live with a tenants union.
Treble Protected Leases and Private Land My grandpappy owned this land. I'll never sell into the commons trust, no matter how much you offer. No problem.

Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Artists, inventors max compensated when all content free.
The Complete Commons The cool relationship between land and intellectual property.
Procedure for Patenting How to patent content, ideas, products in this paradigm.
How Royalties are Paid Treasury distributed royalties are paid through VSGs.
Intellectual Property Intermediaries Everyone gets a cut to ensure full accounting of IP.
Code as a Patent Algebra Software revolution - huge redundancy elimitated.

Federation Monetary Policy
The Federation Treasury After federation, monetary policy is rather simple.
U.S. Projected Rent Revenue Even without hyperdeflation, rents are greater than you think.

Distribution Theory
Flaws with Current Distribution Schemes Why programs for the needy fail.
Problems with Local Distribution Why distributing ground rent locally is no good.
Each of Us and All of Us Why not all in cash? Why not all for public services?
Earth Dividend as Synthesis A synthesis is no compromise.
Allocated Distribution Theory Do not look a gift horse in the mouth.

Distributions in Practice
Proposed Distributions This is what everyone in the world gets.
Quadratic Voting Explained How we can change what people get.
Changing Proscribed Allocations Changing that which has been set.
Budgets and Services Anti-corruption feature

Personal Earth Dividend Distributions
The Food Distribution Each of us (billionaires and paupers) get the same amount.
The Housing Distribution That goes for ground rent, mortgages, apartment rent too.
Universal Copay Stop abuse of free services without causing hardship.

Healthcare Distribution
A Viper's Nest of Moral Hazards Once you see them, you'll be amazed healthcare is possible.
Self-insured HMO's Designed around competition and choice.
Wellness Annuity Cost of a night in the hospital - about $100 (2022 dollars).
A Market in Diagnosis Hypochondriacs revenge.

Conditional Earth Dividend Distributions
Education Free and unlimited education for all.
Testing Professional certification and the cost of education.
Treble Insurance More compensation if somebody captures your land.
Non-universal Distribution Age, disability, wellness and no-recidivism.

Per Capita Public Service Distributions
Government Pays for a non-sovereign government to protect our rights.
Police and Fire Police and fire protection protect the right to life and property.
Transportation Funds the roads and rails and encourages private ownership.
Social Worker Aids first responders, somebody to talk with.

Cellular Democracy
Cellular Democracy The function and structure of government.
A Pictorial Introduction to Cellular Democracy Mechanics Cells and districts, hierarchical and dominion.
Cellular Democracy Mechanics The state machine that governs the rise and fall of dominions.
Parallel Cells Mirror structure for the judiciary and community ownership.

A Government to Protect Our Rights
AFFEERCE Legal Theory Classes of laws and rights.
Objective and Subjective Rights The basis of law.
Cellular Aristocracy The highest payer of ground rent in a dominion and also willing to perform noblesse oblige is awarded a title.

Direct Democracy
Class II Contracts The people (2/3 plurality) hold the real power, even the right to collectively sign contracts.
Covenants And the right to restrict the use of land.
Class II Taxes Only 2/3 of the dominion population can tax (with strict rules).
Civil Rights and Denial of Service Although 2/3 can pass civil rights legislation, no such laws are needed. Without such laws, bigots can be denied service.

The Judiciary
An Independent Judiciary The election or appointment of judges is inherently corrupt.
Judicial Preview Before a law can be implmented, it must be categorized.
Sovereignty The individual can surrender or reclaim sovereignty at will.
Exit Rights No sovereignty can prevent an adult from leaving.

Crime and Punishment
The Reduction of Crime Statistical evidence land-based capitalism will reduce crime by 78%.
Exile and Extradition You say you want to bring criminals BACK to the community.
Prohibition, Extent, and Punishment Definition of laws and punishment.
Penitentiaries A place to repent. A fresh start.

Free Enterprise
Free Enterprise Pure capitalism of labor.
Citizen Investors Safe funding for family businesses and collectives.
Voluntary Standards Groups Standards (not regulations), certification, IP.
VOS and Regulations Posting deviation from standards limits liability.
Are Corporations Sovereign? Only sovereigns can go into debt and treble land.

Threats to Earth
Existential Threats Free market solutions reduce or eliminate the threats.
How AFFEERCE Responds to Cataclysm But should the unthinkable occur, land-based capitalist monetary policy stops barbarism.

Flaws
Flaws and Godel No non-trivial system is both consistent and complete.
The Baby Tax Stopping Garrett Hardin's original tragedy of the commons is our worst flaw.

The Closing Pitch
The Amazing List 39 ways productivity explodes.
The Tiebout Hypothesis All assumptions realized.
Worldwide Federation And at the end, a glorious beginning.