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12-27-2007, 08:40 PM
I found this floating around on the net (wish I could remember where!).. but..
I thought this could be a GREAT way to introduce friends to free market concepts and Dr. Paul's economic principles :)
Invite friends over for a game of "FreeMarketOpoly"!
Try playing the board game Monopoly with this change of the rules.
Eliminate the central bank being the only source of loans and mortgages.
Allow loans between players. Each time a player passes GO he makes an installment payment on all his outstanding loans. Payment size is negotiable with whoever holds his note.
Establish a Real Estate Investment Trust mutual money fund and require each player to make a deposit in any amount each time they pass go. Keep track of balance accrued for each player. Allow any player who lands directly on Go to decide if the Mutual Fund can buy any property on the board at its face value including improvements if made by another player. The mutual fund has to have sufficient cash funds to cover the sale and the deed is placed in control of the Mutual Fund. The Mutual Fund cannot sell properties it holds to cover the purchase.
Whenever a player lands on a property owned by the Mutual Fund, the rent paid is apportioned to the current balances based on relative percent of fund shares owned. When a player lands on vacant property, he can use his account balance in the mutual fund to buy the property. He cannot use his fund balance to buy property held by another player.
The Mutual Fund can vote to hold an auction sale to liquidate deeds held by the fund.
Switch the objective of the game from driving out all competition and leaving only one player standing. The game objective is to fully develop all properties until all the game pieces representing development are on the board or all the currency is gone from the central bank as it depletes from players passing GO. Create new game pieces to represent movie theaters, factories, shopping malls, or amusement parks to add to the homes and hotels. Play stops when the central bank is empty of currency. Or if you want to continue play, have every remaining player pay a flat tax on all the currency they hold. No tax on property assets or mutual fund balance.
There is the possibility for a player or two to go bust during the course of play but in the end there will be several players left. The winner is who has the highest net worth of the remaining players.
A free economy works rather nicely without a central bank charging interest on the currency issued.
We really don't need the Federal Reserve.
You will appreciate this if you play Monopoly with the rules outlined above.
The players, not the central bank, are the real wealth definers.
Break the Monopoly of the Federal Reserve!
Elect Ron Paul. He will guide us in the creation of new game rules for Our the Peoples economy.
Meetup groups could sponsor BIG "FreeMarketOpoly" parties! Gather several monopoly games together, set up a game night, and distribute flyers to the public!
Why the hell not?!
I thought this could be a GREAT way to introduce friends to free market concepts and Dr. Paul's economic principles :)
Invite friends over for a game of "FreeMarketOpoly"!
Try playing the board game Monopoly with this change of the rules.
Eliminate the central bank being the only source of loans and mortgages.
Allow loans between players. Each time a player passes GO he makes an installment payment on all his outstanding loans. Payment size is negotiable with whoever holds his note.
Establish a Real Estate Investment Trust mutual money fund and require each player to make a deposit in any amount each time they pass go. Keep track of balance accrued for each player. Allow any player who lands directly on Go to decide if the Mutual Fund can buy any property on the board at its face value including improvements if made by another player. The mutual fund has to have sufficient cash funds to cover the sale and the deed is placed in control of the Mutual Fund. The Mutual Fund cannot sell properties it holds to cover the purchase.
Whenever a player lands on a property owned by the Mutual Fund, the rent paid is apportioned to the current balances based on relative percent of fund shares owned. When a player lands on vacant property, he can use his account balance in the mutual fund to buy the property. He cannot use his fund balance to buy property held by another player.
The Mutual Fund can vote to hold an auction sale to liquidate deeds held by the fund.
Switch the objective of the game from driving out all competition and leaving only one player standing. The game objective is to fully develop all properties until all the game pieces representing development are on the board or all the currency is gone from the central bank as it depletes from players passing GO. Create new game pieces to represent movie theaters, factories, shopping malls, or amusement parks to add to the homes and hotels. Play stops when the central bank is empty of currency. Or if you want to continue play, have every remaining player pay a flat tax on all the currency they hold. No tax on property assets or mutual fund balance.
There is the possibility for a player or two to go bust during the course of play but in the end there will be several players left. The winner is who has the highest net worth of the remaining players.
A free economy works rather nicely without a central bank charging interest on the currency issued.
We really don't need the Federal Reserve.
You will appreciate this if you play Monopoly with the rules outlined above.
The players, not the central bank, are the real wealth definers.
Break the Monopoly of the Federal Reserve!
Elect Ron Paul. He will guide us in the creation of new game rules for Our the Peoples economy.
Meetup groups could sponsor BIG "FreeMarketOpoly" parties! Gather several monopoly games together, set up a game night, and distribute flyers to the public!
Why the hell not?!