Re: [FT][SG][DS] Structure of the NAC

You know, I like this concept best of all that I have heard yet...It
certainly feels better to me than some I have heard.

<snip to reduce size of post without completely severing the idea I
liked
so well>

I see it rather differently - that the NAC is more along the lines of a
cross between where the EU is going now and NATO.

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  So, how about an organization of
separate nations that gets together out of common interest, sets up a
free-trade economic block, sets up a joint military structure (like
NATO,
but moreso) taking the best of what each contributing part had to offer
but
maintaining some degree of national character (heck, the US, Canadian
and
UK militaries aren't THAT different, anyway...), and setting up a single
council / parliament / governmental structure to sit on top of the heap
-
like the EU.

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We end up with each region (Canada, UK, four or five mega-states in the
US,
plus others as they join later ?? - and perhaps the colony worlds as
they
become viable) each controling things like education, health care, local
administration, cultural affairs, etc etc etc and having taxation power
-
like the Canadian provinces do now - with the NAC parliament taking
control
of only a few BIG areas (foreign affairs, national defense,
international
trade, etc).

Anyway, that's it for me for now - stretched my $0.02 out a bit...

Thoughts, anyone?

Adrian