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New Yorker’s View of the World
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Environmentalism
Internationalism
Automation & Technology
Drivers of History
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1946 – Penn State University - ENIAC
1951 – MIT Whirlwind Computer1959 – SRI – Bank of America - ERMA
The Information Age Was Born
"ERMA was the absolute beginning of the mechanization
of business."
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Houston… we have a problem
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Two worlds – light years apart
Mayfield
Mayberry
Springfield
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The Academy of Arts and Sciences Commission on the Year 2000
Daniel Bell, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Karl W. Deutsch, Samuel P. Huntington, Herman Kahn, Wassily Leontief, Margaret Mead, Daniel P. Moynihan.
• Identify structural changes in society that would have long-term social impacts.
• Chart "alternative futures" on critical issues that society would face.
1965 Futurists - Futurism
FORD FoundationResources of the World Group
Air ForceScientific Prediction
Southern Illinois Univ.Buckminster Fuller’s World Resources Inventory
Bridging the Gap
January 10, 1964
Utopia or Oblivion
The World GameCriti
cal Path
World Resources Inventory 8
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Aurelio Peccei, Italian Industrialist
Alexander King, Director General at the OECD
Co-Founders
1968The Club of Rome
Over population, pollution, use of natural resources
Jay Forrester of MIT was given grant to produce World Dynamics Model
"Project on the Predicament of Mankind"
Computer modeling resource use
Ecosystem
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Magic Computer Box
We’re all going to die next year
The headline-making report on the imminent global disaster facing humanity—and what we can do about it before time runs out. “One of the most important documents of our age!” Anthony Lewis, New York Times
Was presented publicly at the Smithsonian March 12, 1972
Was translated into 30 languages
10 million copies of the book were sold
“Imminent Global Disaster Facing Humanity!
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Presti-digital-ization
Scientific fraud using the Magic Computer Box
1973 – 1 year after the publication of Limits to Growth, OPEC Oil Embargo – California Gas “Shortage”
SCI-Fraud
1972
Didn’t have the data
Didn’t have the computing power
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• Fear as a motivator
• Officially sanctioned scientific fraud
• Media complicity
Beginning the Era of Virtual Reality
New Paradigm – Last Quarter of the 20th Century
Green is the new RED
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Rockefeller Brothers FundThe Environmental Agenda Project
Director of Environment &Population Programs
Gerald O. Barney
Jimmy Carter
Who’s Who of Environmental Groups
Carter Administration Environmental Futurism
Global 2000 – Report to the President
lists 70 "public policy proposals" earmarked for legislation
Public Policy Based on SCI-Fraud
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“The Conserver Society”
De-population - increased funding for contraception, abortion and sterilization
Food and agriculture – All forms of assistance linked to bringing birth rates into line with death rates
Earth Scout
Education – emphasis on environmental literacy
Environment must be recognized as a top national priority on a level with defense, employment, health, education and commerce
Propaganda – explicit and implicit environmental message in TV and Commercial programming
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“The Conserver Society”
Energy – Develop a new type of energy economy
Avoid further electrification
Progressively increase gas tax
Overhaul of energy-intensive agricultural practices
Utility price overhaul to reflect policy priorities
Enforce monopoly laws (eliminated regulated monopolies – allow utilities to invest in renewables).
Utility Control of Energy Use
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TECHNOCRACY new type of energy economy
Project 88 – Polluter Pays PROJECT 88 KEY PLAYERS
Technology Enabled Environmental Policy
Market-Oriented
Reducing inefficient natural resource use by ensure that consumers and producers face the true costs of their decisions -- not just their direct costs, but the full social costs of the consequences of their actions.
Tradeable permit systems set a total allowable level of pollution and authorize firms to buy, sell, and trade permits within that overall limit.
The Vapor Market! Carbon Cap & Trade
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Internationalism
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North-South “Cooperation”
1980 – Independent Commission on International Development Issues
Initiated by the World Bank
North-South: a programme for survival (Brandt Commission)
Brandt wanted disarmament for developed countries – transferring saved wealth to poor countries
Brandt also wanted a global carbon tax
Pierre Trudeau wanted a “Marshall Plan” for the South
1981 - U.S.-Mexico Binational Committee
1983 - Reagan signed the La Paz Agreement – Treaty with U.S.-Mexico
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Included provision for participation by U.S. federal, state and municipal governments, non-governmental groups (environmental groups), and international organizations (United Nations)
Provided for financing of programs independent of Congress
State Department Management
La Paz Treaty with Mexico
International Zone by Treaty
100 km on either side
EPA Day-to-Day supervision
Environmental Cooperation in the border region
North American Inland Port Network (NAIPN)
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1993 – NAFTA Agreement
1995 – Mexican government privatized their seaports
Li Ka-Shing, HPH Chairman
Mexican-Chinese Inland Port Plan – TechnologyEnabled by Hutchison-Whampoa (HPH)
September 6, 2001
Address to Congress
“Keep your deal”
Vincente Fox
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Internationalism1990 – Enterprise of the Americas Initiative Common Market - Free Trade Area of the Americas Free trade from Tiera del Fuego, Argentina to the Port of Anchorage, AK
1990 – G7/G8 Houston Summit
Open World Trading System - Market Oriented Policies Free flow of capital and investment across borders Economic Efficiency Strong Support for IPCC & UN Environmental Programme Encourage the OECD in identifying structural policy challenges & options and to strengthen its surveillance and review procedures
promote regulatory reform
Liberalize areas such as retail trade telecommunications transport labor markets financial markets
Reduce industrial and agricultural subsidiesImprove tax systems Improve labor-force skills through education and training
Dissolve the nation-state
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“We don’t need no stinkin’ borders”
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America in Distress
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North American Union
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Global Governance
Our Global Village
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Terrorism
Pollution
Inefficiency (waste)
New EnemiesThe Boogey Man is Under the Bed!
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Sing Kumbaya!
New Religion
Earth Worship
Mother Gaia
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Environmentalism
Internationalism
Automation & Technology
Convergence of theDrivers of History
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1991 The Internet
Automation & TechnologyThe World At The Speed of Light
The good news from Washington is that every single person in Congress supports the concept of an information superhighway.
The bad news is that no one has any idea what that means."
--Cong. Edward J. Markey
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Reinvention of GovernmentThe people demand and deserve an active government on their side. But they don't want a government that wastes money, a government that costs more and does less. They voted for change. They wanted a literal revolution in the way government operates, and now, you and I must deliver. President Bill Clinton Remarks to the Cabinet February 10, 1993
Today, the President has asked Vice-President Gore to lead a revolution in Washington that will change the way government does business. The American people deserve a government that treats them like customers.....
Do More With Less
“High Performance” Government
Corporate efficiency implementedthrough information management systems & police state surveillance
(2007)
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Corporatize and Privatize
David OsborneChairman of the Alliance
1992
Public-Private Partnerships – “New Federalism”
Anderson Consulting, AT&T, Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., Dennis Trading Group, General Electric, Goldman, Sachs and Co., IBM, NYNEX, and Xerox. Philanthropic support has included grants from the ARCO Foundation, the Aspen Institute, the Carnegie Corporation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, the Jerome Kohlberg Foundation, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Socialize Costs – Privatize Profits
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The CORE Meridian, Idaho
Business Enterprise Corridor
Workforce Investment Area (1998 -PL 105-220)
EB-5 Regional Center – foreign investmentfunds in exchange for Green Card – Americancitizenship
Intermodal Commerce Zone
Idaho State University Research Campus
St. Luke’s is the largest employer in the area and is the anchor for “The CORE”
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Metropolitan Planning Grant for Treasure Valley FuturesProject of the Treasure Valley Partners
The Transportation, Community, and System Preservation (TCSP) Program provides funding for a comprehensive initiative including planning grants, implementation grants, and
research to investigate and address the relationships between transportation, community, and system preservation and to identify private sector-based initiatives.
…TCSP Program discretionary grants to plan and implement strategies which improve the efficiency of the transportation system, reduce environmental impacts of transportation, reduce the need for costly future public infrastructure investments, ensure efficient access to jobs, services and centers of trade, and examine development patterns and identify strategies to encourage private sector development patterns which achieve these goals.
Partnership of Mayors
Intermodal Commerce Zone
Former MayorBrent Coles
Treasure Valley Partnership 501-C3
Partnership of Mayors
Boise, Caldwell, Eagle, Kuna, Garden City, Meridian, Nampa, Parma; Ada and Canyon Counties
Emergencies Without Borders
First “success” was an agreement for police and emergency services cross-jurisdictional agreement
$510,000
Transportation, Community, and System Preservation (TCSP) Program TEA-21
Community Planning
in a transportation system grant
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Model Building Codes
House Bill 611, 55th Legislature - 2000
Adopted International Building Code International Residential Code International Energy Conservation CodeLocal governments may CONTRACT with a PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENTITY TO ADMINISTER BUILDING CODES!!!
Idaho Statutes Title 39, Chapter 41, Section 39-4116
EPA
Smart Growth Network
Harmonize And
Standardize
EPA Grant for the
Code in the
Box
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Consultants for Transforming “Governance”
2004 Freilich, Leitner & Carlisle, Consultants
Scope of work:
Freilich’s Prop
Intergovernmental Agreements
Cluster Study of local economy
Development Plan & Land Use Regulations
Global Marshall Plan
Strategic Environmental Initiative
A program that would discourage and phase out these older, inappropriate technologies and at the same time develop and disseminate a new generation of sophisticated and environmentally benign substitutes. Earth in the Balance, 1992
Technocrat
Environmentalist
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“The Plan”
Linking Land Use & Transportation Planning
Public-Private “Partnership” Government as a business Business as government
Central economic and “social planning”
Intergovernmental Agreement – Metropolitan
Private Sector Direct Funding of Public Infrastructure - Leasing scam
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International Highway System
"The mission of the IVHS community in the U.S. - composed of all levels of government; the automotive, electronic, communications, and information industries; and academia - is first, to improve
surface transportation by deploying IVHS technology broadly throughout the nation and, in cooperation with Mexico and Canada, throughout North America, and second, to develop a U.S.-based IVHS industry to provide technology in the U.S. and abroad." 1992 – IVHS Strategic Plan
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991(ISTEA)
38Intl. Border Crossing
IntermodalismDefinitions:
Intermodal - the connection point between two modes of transportation for the same trip
Intermodalism - A system designed around the concept of intermodal efficiency for all modes of transportation - truck, train, air, ship, bus, vehicle, etc.
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2004
S. 1384 Amended Title 70 to add Chapter 22, County-Based Intermodal Commerce Authorities. S. 1439 Amendment to Title 70, Chapter 22 (i.e. S. 1384)
2005 H0376 - "Intermodal Commerce Authority"
Idaho Statutes Title 70, Chapter 22 70-2201 70-2212
2006 H590 Amends existing law - Title 70, Chapter 22 H408 - Eminent Domain limitations
Idaho StatutesTitle 70 Watercourses and Ports
Chapter 22 County Based or City Based Intermodal Commerce Authority‐ ‐
Intermodal Commerce Zone
Intermodal Commerce Zone
2 modes of transportationCome together
Airport
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Idaho StatutesTitle 70 Watercourses and Ports
Chapter 22 County Based or City Based Intermodal Commerce Authority‐ ‐
Intermodal Commerce Authority
Intermodal Commerce Zone
2 modes of transportationCome together
Airport
70-2201.
…hereinafter referred to as the intermodal authority, is hereby
authorized to acquire, construct, maintain, operate, develop and
regulate rail, truck, and other on-land transfer and terminal facilities,
buildings, warehouses and storage facilities, manufacturing,
industrial and economic development facilities and services,
reasonably incident to a modern, efficient and competitive land-
based port, and may be established according to this chapter in any
county or incorporated city.
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Idaho StatutesTitle 70 Watercourses and Ports
Chapter 22 County Based or City Based Intermodal Commerce Authority‐ ‐
Intermodal Commerce Zone
2 modes of transportationCome together
Airport
70 2206. General powers of a county based or city based intermodal ‐ ‐ ‐commerce authority. An intermodal authority shall have the powers provided to it by a local county or city governing body including:
(1) Have perpetual succession unless abolished as provided in this chapter;
(2) Sue and be sued;
(3) Have a seal;
(4) Execute contracts and other instruments and take other action that may be necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
Intermodal Commerce Authority
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Intermodal Commerce AuthorityIdaho StatutesTitle 70 Watercourses and Ports
Chapter 22 County Based or City Based ‐ ‐Intermodal Commerce Authority
Intermodal Commerce Zone
2 modes of transportationCome together
Airport
70-2203. Establishment and abolishment.
(1) There is hereby created in each county and incorporated city an independent public body, corporate and politic, to be known as an intermodal commerce authority.
(4) After the establishment of an intermodal authority, any county or city may by resolution or ordinance, after a public hearing, abolish the intermodal authority provided that the payment of any bonds or other obligations of the intermodal authority shall not be adversely affected by such action.
Unelected
Unaccountable
Invisible
Power to create debt for Citizens
who don’t even know they exist
PORT AUTHORITYRegional
Metropolitan Governance
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Knowledge Economy Cookie-Cutter, Central Planning
Economic Development Plan
UniversityPublic & Private
R & D Money
St. Al’sSt. Luke’s
Major EmployersWork-based Learning
Zone“Training Workers”
Small Business Incubator
Expenses Paid
Trains/Uses
TechnologyTransfer
Small Business Bubble Machine
Theoretical
Commodified Small Business Technology OrientedDevelopment - 10 jobs each
EB-5 Regional Center –
Foreign $$ Direct
Investment
Targeted EmploymentArea for FDI – EB-5 money
Intermodal Commerce Zone
Port Authority Managed
Economic Zone
Airport
Foreign Trade Zone
Unlimited Foreign Students
Customs & Border Protection Managed
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Economic Hologram
“The utility of export processing zones (EPZs) as a development tool is based on the premise that they can help achieve three interrelated goals: enhancing foreign exchange earnings by promoting non-traditional exports; creating jobs and income; and generating technology transfers and spillovers (Warr, 1989).
Knowledge EconomyIs an
Taxpayer & Foreign Investor funded with government-university selected winners
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Pork
-o-R
ama
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LoansIdaho Prime Rate Loan Program
Commercial banks offer low-interest loans to qualifying small business with up to 85% Small Business Administration guaranty
Industrial Revenue Bonds
Up to $20 million tax-free bonds to finance manufacturing, processing
production and assembly projects issued by a public corporation with the project or business serving as collateral.
Taxable industrial revenue bonds are available for amounts over $20 million.
Gifting “Selected” BusinessesAt Taxpayer Expense
The Idaho Business Advantage (tax credits, property tax abatement)Capital Investment Property Tax Incentives (Zone incentives) Property tax cap3% Investment tax credit for up to 14 yearsNet operating loss deductions up $100k - carried back for 2 years, forward for 20 years5% Research & Development Tax Credit – carried forward for 14 years3% Broadband Telecom Income Credit up to $750,000, carry forward 14 years - transferable
Customized Recruiting ServicesCustomized Workforce TrainingWorkforce Training NetworkIdaho Business NetworkExport Assistance
Tech HelpSmall Business Development CenterTech ConnectGem State Prospector
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Boise Valley Economic PartnershipF A
S C I S
M
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What Does It All Mean?
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Capitalizing on Complexity
Total Information Awareness (TIA)
Deceptive Marketing
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“Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism as it is a merge of stateand corporate power” --Benito Mussolini
Administrative Coup d’etat
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Transformation
Chinese System of FascismGovernment Power for ProfitTechnocratic Enslavement
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The individual is handicapped coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous, he cannot believe it exists. -- J. Edgar Hoover
Believe it… and Act on it