OPTION ONE: THE POINT-OF-PAY EQUITY SYSTEM

Briefly summarized, the POPE System seeks to bring greater social equity to how people are paid and how they are taxed over the full course of their lives, relative to one another. This part of the essay describes three points of action, or "legs", where constructive government participation can induce positive changes in these areas. Though I have limited the scope of this essay to three such legs, it would be a mistake for the reader to construe that I believe them to be the limit for what could be included under the POPE System. Optimally, the reader would consider these ideas to be more of a good beginning than a complete and finished product.