Calyx Institute Crowdsourcing Internet Privacy

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Wednesday April 11, 2012 · 2:12 PM PDT

2012/04/11 · 14:12

The Calyx Institute, founded by Nicholas Merrill, the first ISP exec to fight the Patriot Act's expanded police powers and win, is attempting to crowdsource the first ISP built with privacy in mind from the ground up.

Hi, my name is Nicholas Merrill and I am starting a new non-profit organization called The Calyx Institute. I have a bit of a track record of fighting for the right to privacy on the Internet, and I have a plan to radically transform the way the Telecommunications industry works.

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APT - A Progressive Flat Tax

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Thursday February 02, 2012 · 8:39 AM PST

2012/02/02 · 08:39

Automated Payment Transaction Tax. This idea is simple, elegant, progressive, and in-arguably fair...and since I've never met anyone who has heard of it, I wonder what I am missing.

Here are the basics - eliminate virtually every tax you can think of - income, estate, corporate, capital gains, fuel, sales - and replace it with a flat tax at a very small rate (.35 to .7 percent) on every electronic transaction. Every time the money moves, the government gets a cut.

Since this applies to everyone equally, it is impossible to argue that it isn't fair - and it would MASSIVELY shift the tax burden back where it belongs - on the 1%. Intrigued? More after the jump.

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Wednesday September 16, 2009 · 1:38 PM PDT

2009/09/16 · 13:38

I got a call from my wingnut brother (term affectionately used in this case) immediately following Obama's speech. I wasn't able to talk long (screaming toddler), but before I got off the phone, he asked the question "How are we going to pay for it?" I thought I'd share my response.

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Thursday September 03, 2009 · 8:39 AM PDT

2009/09/03 · 08:39

Fired up! Ready to go!

I am deeply inspired by citisven's diary this morning - so much so that I wanted to share some words with my fellow warriors.

Warriors? Many of you will react negatively to that label. Some will even be offended. My message to you is this:

The time to fight is upon us. It is easy to dispair. It is easy to shout obscenities, to hate, to generalize. It is hard to phone bank, to knock on doors, to talk to people who don't want to hear what you have to say. It is hard to open your wallet again when you have already given so much.

But this fight is a hill worth dying on. We either fight here, together, at this moment; or we die in ones and twos, alone, forgotten.

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Thursday April 09, 2009 · 10:01 AM PDT

2009/04/09 · 10:01

The EFF has an article up about the Obama DOJ's response to Jewel vs. NSA, in which the not only recycled arguments used by the Bush DOJ, but take a huge step further. Speaking as an Obama supporter, I am bitterly disappointed. More after the jump.

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Wednesday March 25, 2009 · 12:44 PM PDT

2009/03/25 · 12:44

Kossacks,

I've read about a new tax system recently that has me really intrigued. It's called the Automated Payment Transaction tax, or APT. You can read more about it here:

http://www.apttax.com/

Essentially, it replaces almost every tax you can think of - sales, gas, income, all of it - and replaces it with a small micro-tax imposed on every electronic transaction. Basically, every time the money moves, the government gets a cut.

I find this idea fascinating, truly progressive, and easy to implement. Therefore, I am instantly suspicious. Plus Glenn Beck likes it, so there must be something wrong with it. So I'm posing the question to the community - why is this a bad idea?

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Monday March 23, 2009 · 12:18 PM PDT

2009/03/23 · 12:18

There are lots of diaries flying around regarding Geithner's new plan this morning, and a lot of people seem to think that the problem is very simple to solve (just find a post with "Krugman" in it; I'm not going into it here). I fall into the camp of "I really don't know what I'm talking about, so I'm going to let the people I help elect do the job I elected them to do" - which is not a popular position around here. However, I'm a good liberal, trained to question authority, so I'm trying to give both sides equal weight.

My understanding of the current financial crisis makes me uncomfortable with the Krugman plan. So, I posted this diary to articulate my concerns, in the hopes that people that are smarter than I am can tell me why I am wrong. :)

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 6:47 AM PST

2008/11/03 · 06:47

In less than 24 hours, polling captains across the nation will take to the field carrying the Obama standard. This is our time. We have laid our plans carefully, but these plans will not survive contact with the enemy. It will be up to our captains, our eyes and ears on the ground, to adapt, improvise, and do everything in our power to deliver victory. So I say to you, leave it all on the field! Expect to wring every last ounce of will out of yourselves, stand your ground, and deliver us this day! Now is the time to show the steel in your spines, and the love in your heart!

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 8:26 AM PDT

2008/10/10 · 08:26

cross posted at MyDD...

Please forgive me if anyone has written a diary about this before, but I had an idea...

The McCain campaign has bought sponsored links from Google. Why not click a few? More after the jump...

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Calyx Institute Crowdsourcing Internet Privacy

APT - A Progressive Flat Tax

A letter to my wingnut brother

A Hill Worth Dying On

EFF - Obama DOJ - Worse than the Bush DOJ

Request for Comments - APT Tax

My understanding of the current financial mess

Polling Captains - ON THESE SHIELDS!

Bleed the McCain Campaign Dry - Death by a Thousand Cuts