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PT – WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT
[This is the original document as published by “Anonymous.” It has been
in the public domain around thirty years and has been reprinted on
countless websites. A few parts have been updated by the editors to
reflect historical developments. This Chapter may be reprinted without
permission if you give the publisher credit for this version, i.e. From
Bye Bye Big Brother, By Grandpa & Others, Published 2005 by
XXX XXX.]
Do you want to escape the control over your life and property now held
by modern Big Brother governments? The PT concept could have been
called Individual Sovereignty, because PT’s look after themselves. We
do not want or need authorities to dominate every aspect of our
existence from cradle to grave.
The PT concept is one way to break free. It is a coherent philosophy, a
plan for a stress free, healthy, prosperous life -- not limited by
government interference, the threat of nuclear war, the reality of food
and water contamination, litigation, domestic conflicts, taxation,
persecution or harassment. Whether your problem is an unacceptable
child custody decree or an unwarranted accusation by some Gestapo style
government agency, PT offers escape. It is a way out of any negative
situation created and imposed upon you by any government. Many
individuals choose to vent their frustrations with acts of violence.
The PT merely avoids conflict by refusing to play where the rules are
unfair to him. We move our ass and our assets out of the forum.
What Does PT Stand For?
PT stands for many things, Perpetual Traveler or Permanent Tourist, for
instance. However, a PT need not travel all of the time, nor any of the
time for that matter. A PT merely arranges his or her paperwork in such
a way that all governments consider him a tourist, a person who is just
Passing Through. In the eyes of government officials, the PT is merely
on a temporary sojourn or vacation. The advantage is that by being seen
as a person who is only Parked Temporarily, the PT is not subjected to
taxes, military service, lawsuits or persecution for partaking in
innocent, but forbidden pleasures. Unlike most citizens or subjects,
the PT will not be persecuted for his beliefs or lack of them.
PT is a concept, a way of life, a way of perceiving the universe and
your place in it. One can be a full time dedicated PT or a part time
PT. PT is elegant, simple and requires neither accountants, attorneys,
offshore corporations nor other complex arrangements. It's the Perfect
Thing.
The Threat Called Government
Governments, under the guise of protecting us, have intruded into every
area of life, taking the largest part of our earnings in taxes and then
rewarding us with little aside from restrictions and harassment. All
modern governments these days have virtually eliminated individual
privacy. They continue to increase limitations on freedom of choice in
many areas of human activity. Each country has its own unique
restrictions. Even Western democracies are growing increasingly fond of
keeping their citizenry on very short leashes, if not completely
shackled.
The constitutions of most nations give lip service to the absolute
freedom to travel, but in practice every government severely limits
travel with passport, visa and other requirements. A few passports even
bar their holders from visiting certain nations at all. By imposing
entry restrictions on foreigners, most nations invite tit for tat
measures. Personal finances, currency controls, domestic situations and
job requirements make the freedom to go anywhere at anytime just a
dream for most people.
PTs Operate Legally, But Outside The Usual Rules
The properly equipped PT operates outside the usual rules, gaining
perfect mobility and a full slate of human rights. PT is the logical
and natural path to freedom from proletarian dictators, ambitious
politicians, emperors, occupying armies, ruling classes and the tyranny
of the majority. Indeed, freedom from the arbitrary whims of sometimes
deranged politicians and the destructive powers of rampant bureaucracy
is the essence of PT.
PT’s, People of Talent, can, at a few strokes of the pen, be truly free
of Big Brother. Oppressors and exploiters in the modern world exercise
control with paperwork and computers: One of your first and prime
objectives is to get your (real) name off of all computer lists.
customer lists and official registers of any kind. This is easy to
accomplish. PT’s first drop off voter lists, then vanish from the
roster of property owners or taxpayers. Your present government will no
longer be interested in you if they think you have left the
jurisdiction and have ceased to be a citizen or subject. It is the goal
of the PT to achieve invisibility by taking on a new nationality and
acquiring an offshore address. For some citizens, like Germans or
Swedes it is necessary to first acquire a legal residence elsewhere.
For others, Americans, for instance, just notifying the home country
that you are no longer living within their jurisdiction is enough.
Being a PT opens up all sorts of previously unknown possibilities for
the PT. For instance, US banks are not permitted to encourage or even
tell US customers that they can keep accounts abroad in foreign
currencies. Foreign banks are not permitted to advertise such accounts
in the US. Regulated financial institutions are forbidden to advertise
the fact that when the dollar or any currency is devalued, all local
bank accounts, stocks and real property decline predictably in relative
value. A dollar decline of 50 per cent against most other currencies
occurred between 1985 and 1987. Similar predictable declines in the
dollar and most other major currencies have happened many times since
then. The vast majority of US citizens are kept in the dark about the
simple procedure for avoiding very predictable losses. PTs made a sure
100 per cent or more on their money in one year by buying property or
“things” in the places where currency had just been devalued --- or by
switching from dollars into yen, Swiss francs or Euros.
PT freedom extends much further than monetary concerns. Neither the PT
nor his family need be inconvenienced by government instigated wars or
military service that they would rather avoid. The flexibility and
mobility inherent in being a PT means that one will never be an
unwilling draftee, victim, jailbird, concentration camp inmate,
casualty, refugee or displaced person. PT’s choose their own fights and
surroundings. They are not swept along in torrents of hysteria caused
by forces beyond their control.
Rest assured that by making PT theory, your secondary religion, you
will be able to remain comfortably beyond the reach of Big Brother's
ever extending grasp. It is impossible for any government to attack or
wipe out PT’s. Why? Because we are an amorphous group without
consistent behavior patterns. From the point of view of any government
official, we appear to be the most desirable kind of tourist,
respectful of local laws and authority, low profile and prosperous.
PT’s cannot be identified, classified or isolated from the general run
of tourists. Thus, unlike some publicity seeking individualists or tax
rebels, the PT courts no danger and invites no confrontations.
Avoid Taxes Legally
A Canadian investor with a large income from his stocks and bonds would
normally be obligated to sacrifice almost half of his earnings to the
Canadian government. He could choose to reduce his tax burden in the
most common, but ill advised way, the fiddle. He would then become a
criminal -- at least in Canada. Many countries have only civil
penalties for tax violations, but Canada, the UK and the United States
have made tax evasion into a criminal offense, resulting in what are in
effect debtor’s prisons for those who refuse to pay taxes. It would be
far more sensible for this Canadian investor to break free and become a
PT. Similar possibilities exist for all citizens of all Big Brother
governments.
How To Break Free
By merely moving themselves and their assets abroad (possibly by
establishing a legally recognized residence and domicile in a tax
haven), most investors are able to legally avoid handing over half
their income to the bureaucrats. As a PT, he would then also be free to
roam the world as desired, provided he did not remain anywhere outside
of his new tax haven home long enough (or in such a visible way) as to
be considered resident for tax purposes. Thus, the PT avoids all income
taxes without resorting to fraud. [Publisher’s Note: There are of
course other ways to handle the situation depending upon individual
circumstances and desires. Find an existing PT to be your mentor.
Contact the publisher or see the resource list.]
YOU NEED NOT AND SHOULD NOT BREAK THE LAW!
Fraud is not necessary. A theoretically perfect PT need never file tax
returns, government required disclosure forms nor any other paperwork.
The major exception to this scenario is if you are a US passport
holder. Americans, to become PTs, have to divest themselves of what is
commonly known as “the most expensive passport in the world”.
[Publisher’s Note: Bye Bye Big Brother will discuss the particular
problems faced by Americans in greater detail elsewhere. But as a
general rule, Americans who earn (as a couple) over $160,000 a year or
any “unearned income from dividends or interest” are taxed by the USA
at the same rates whether they reside within or outside of the USA. It
is not illegal to acquire a second passport or to give up USA
citizenship. But it’s a complicated issue and how to handle depends on
individual needs.]
If you don't enjoy forcible extraction from your bank account or
restrictions on your basic human rights, then you can easily move and
either register in a tax haven or declare yourself to be a legal
resident of anywhere you please. If you don't like paying taxes, they
can legally be avoided. There is no government that has the legal right
or the practical ability to tax a PT who neither lives within its
borders permanently nor has any assets there.
The PT is free to enrich the world with his talent, skills, invention,
industry or artistry and then enjoy 100 per cent of the fruits of his
work or enterprise. Unlimited, untaxed wealth and the power to dispose
of it as you please is one of the major benefits of becoming a PT. PT’s
can produce good things, be paid in full without withholdings or
deductions and then spend their earnings on what gives them pleasure.
PT Possibilities
As PT’s, only restrictions imposed by ourselves can keep us from
experiencing the wonders of the world. The PT can and will drive, fly
or sail across international frontiers when and where he wants, alone
or with anyone he chooses. PT’s move freely without exit permits or
visas. As PT’s we should be mentally, financially and physically
prepared to leave anywhere we happen to be and go to the other end of
the earth at the first whiff of danger -- or just in search of greener
pastures. The PT is able to move fast and decisively; to disappear and
resurface anywhere, anytime.
As PT’s we can read what we want to read, eat what we want to eat, see
what we wish to see, imbibe or ingest as desired and invest anywhere in
anything. We are completely free from restrictions placed upon us by
governments. We can buy or sell what we please. We can associate with,
employ or live with people whom we find agreeable and pleasing. If we
want to change friends, employment or climate for any reason, we can do
so almost instantaneously without the need to get any sort of
permission from the state. Until you become a PT, the range of
opportunities denied to you is inconceivable. We don't miss the things
of which we are unaware. This report will raise your consciousness as
to the nature of freedom. It is one way to rid yourself of limitations.
This includes mental baggage as well as the restrictions imposed by Big
Brother.
Upon becoming a PT, I discovered that I could drive at top speed on a
public highway without ever getting a ticket. The secret was merely the
German autobahn where there are no speed limits. Fast motoring may not
be your cup of tea, but the point is whatever your particular pleasure
or peculiarity may be, there are always going to be several places in
the world where it is legal and available. In Germany, the land of BMW
and Porsche, the vast majority of the locals feel that it is their
inalienable human right to zip along as fast as their cars can go. A PT
need never be tempted to break any laws. If he feels like doing
something illegal, like smoking a joint or playing a hand of high
stakes poker in a town where gambling is not permitted, he simply goes
away and does it where it's legal. A PT seeks out places where he can
do as he pleases, legally and openly.
Why Some Wealthy People Left Ireland
Many men and women in Ireland were forced to become PT’s because
divorce is not allowed. The thought of being forced to stay married for
life to a much disliked spouse was enough to send them far across the
seas. The Irish still consider many types of physical contact between
two consenting adults to be a crime. This list includes adultery (even
if one party was deserted by his or her spouse thirty years ago),
fornication (sex before marriage) abortion (even if the result of a
rape) and even oral sex between married couples. All of these
activities are punishable by jail terms in Ireland. Many other
Christian and Muslim countries controlled by God fearing fundamentalist
moralities have restrictions on human behavior that we believe is a
private matter. Ireland is a great place for a PT to have a passport
from, but in marital, sexual and reproductive matters they are still in
the Middle Ages.
Welcome to Freedom!
With PT, gone is all the fear of fines, censure or jail for victimless
crimes. Gone is the fear of eating certain natural vitamins, turtle
soup or roast pork or drinking wine -- illegal activities in almost
half the world. Gone also is the fear of violating such laws as
prohibition against peeing in a toilet reserved for members of a
certain race or category. Goodbye to all such laws. Goodbye also to all
censorship and managed news. Goodbye to government forms in quintuplet.
Our personal finances, the medical treatment we need, our personal
domestic life and relationships are strictly our private affair, not
objects to be manipulated by government against our personal interests.
PT Means Real Freedom
As PT’s we can study any philosophy, raise and educate our children in
our beliefs and opinions without contradiction from our government
controlled school curriculum. We can pass on our knowledge and point of
view according to our inner lights. We need not follow the dictates of
an obtuse school commissar who bans our favorite books and forbids
mention of those truths we find most self evident.
As PT’s we finally become able to invent, improvise, abandon, reject or
follow any religion, personal morality or way of life we choose. We can
shop, have a drink or eat when we want, not just when the local laws
allow restaurants and stores to be open. For those with unconventional
thoughts, habits or beliefs, PT is the answer. Life can be lived
spontaneously, free, without state imposed restrictions. Becoming a PT
means never again having to ask permission or submit to any higher
authority. Life is free of permits, licenses, exit permits, visas,
currency restrictions, taxes, record keeping, bureaucrats, social
workers, litigation, filing and reports.
PT’s need not put up with rules, regulations or laws they find
personally offensive, inconvenient or immoral. Thus if it suits him or
her, without any government or church dispensation, the PT may have as
many spouse equivalents as can be managed. The range of possibilities
for greater freedom is expanded to whatever can be conceived. A PT may
be celibate and need not own a car or acquire any other status symbol
-- unless so desired.
On the other hand, the PT can live in a highly controlled society if he
so chooses. Perhaps for some reason this sort of community gives
him a sense of security or perhaps even superiority. PT is all about
options. The more options you have, the more free you are. A PT can
live under whichever system suits him best.
This freedom, however, does not mean that a PT should be or can be
irresponsible by causing problems, injury or pain to others. The
message of PT is not to encourage greed, lust, irresponsibility,
immorality or any of the other seven deadly sins. On the contrary! To
avoid government's heavy hand is to avoid violating local laws and
morality. We must go physically to those places where doing what we
want to do is accepted as ordinary behavior. No point in spending time
where our lifestyle, appearance or conduct will cause moral offense or
get us into difficulties with local authorities. Thus, a PT who likes
to drive fast can push his Ferrari along at 175 mph on the German
autobahn where it is legal. But when in California, the PT will poke
along at the legal limit.
The PT concept involves discovering those places where your particular
pleasures are legal and accepted. Fortunately, there are few
possibilities in human behavior, no matter how bizarre, that are not
considered "normal" somewhere on planet earth.
You need not worry any longer about what the neighbors might think
because you can move to where your neighbors will think you are just
terrific, or better yet, where they ignore you. You need not worry if
your local laws or politics seem to be irrational. Is the mainstream
morality incompatible with your own needs? Do you not like litigious
lawyers? Nosy social workers? Alimony prone ex wives? Misconceived
programs for the "good of society"? Why put up with them?
As PT’s we vote with our feet, but the trip doesn't have to be
irrevocable or permanent. A PT can leave until things get better, then
return. A PT gains the world, while giving up nothing except, of
course, his rut, his treadmill.
PTs and Politics
PT is merely an arbitrary set of initials we have chosen to identify a
certain lifestyle, belief system or whatever you choose to call it.
There are no dues to pay, no membership cards and until recently there
were no meetings or conventions. However, quite a few PT’s exist
already, perhaps a million, perhaps ten million. No one will ever know
how many PT’s there are, because we are all invisible. Many PT’s have
not heard the initials PT, nor would they use them to describe their
lifestyle. Many will never read this report. They are nonetheless PT’s,
though they have stumbled into this path of enlightenment and freedom
on their own.
In terms of politics, the PT may be a supporter of any party or
political philosophy. Most likely he is not a registered voter anywhere
for he certainly never marches in demonstrations. He probably believes
in free trade and minimum government. Fascists, democrats, socialists
and communists all end up producing centralized bureaucracies with
severe restrictions on personal liberty. Most PT’s tend to be
individualists of libertarian stripe interested in maximizing their own
personal freedom. PT’s seek the full and free enjoyment of life without
robbing, defrauding, exploiting or leaning on anyone else.
A PT may be religious, but unlike most governments who sponsor official
religions he will (hopefully) not force his views or personal morality
down anyone else's throat. A PT may, and certainly should, be moral
according to his own lights, but he need not retire at night with
gnawing fears that someone somewhere might be enjoying life more than
he is.
PT is all about opening up options, avoiding coercion. It is not about
cowardice. If you want to fight for some cause, preferably freedom, you
can certainly do so, but as a willing volunteer, not a draftee to be
sacrificed as cannon fodder. Harry Schultz, the originator of the PT
concept became the honorary commander of an anti-Russian Communist
Afghan rebel military unit in 1987 at great personal risk to himself.
This was long before the Afghan Freedom Fighters were a popular or
winning cause. "Some things we must do, because they are right," said
Harry at the time. But considering what happened when the anti-Russian
forces won power and became the Taliban, Harry has since decided that
any involvement with guns or bombs is never a good option for a PT.
“Personal survival and prosperity is the only rational mode for a PT.”
All changes wrought by man have beneficiaries and perceived victims.
Since PT’s are tolerant people who do not impose their will on others,
more harm than good must inevitably come out of our activities. Cutting
loose from a strait jacket, escaping from a life of parochial
limitations has to be a good thing for the individual. It will not harm
society at large to have a few more rugged individualists and original
thinkers doing their own thing. Not everyone can seek or handle such
complete freedom. PT is for an elite minority. A PT needs inner
direction and the ability to operate within reasonable, self imposed
limits.
By exercising reasonable judgment, PT’s unlock the best kept secret of
the modern Big Brother era: PT or Individual sovereignty is a path for
all people who know and understand its concepts to be truly free from
bureaucratic shackles. There is no need to become a hermit or a
recluse. You don't need to abandon civilization to eliminate its
negative aspects.
The PT Lifestyle
A PT can be any age, gender, race, size, shape or religion. PT’s can be
married, attached or single, with family or without. The PT will not
work at a conventional job but can and will make infinitely more money
than those who do. As already mentioned, without any income taxes or
other government deductions, we keep 100 per cent of what we earn from
providing others with valuable things. As a result, the PT standard of
living and quality of life is stress free. A PT will be more healthy,
materially richer and should always have the best quality of life
obtainable on earth.
The PT philosophy releases creative souls from the many burdens of
coping with Big Brother. Hopefully, once governments realize that they
cannot afford to lose their best and most productive citizens, they
will become more responsive to the needs of their people. The only
historical precedent for individuals going off on their own due to
dissatisfaction with government was in Central America. The ancient
Mayans of the artisan and productive classes, apparently without any
leadership or destination, simply said “No to high taxes; No tothe
sacrifice of their young virgins.” As individuals, having better uses
for their money and their virgins, they just drifted off into the
jungle. A ruling aristocracy was then left without a population to pay
its bills. The Mayan Empire disintegrated. Cities with eight lane
boulevards, palaces and impressive monuments were abandoned. It
happened within a few years.
What If Everyone Becomes A PT?
The reality is that not enough people will become PT’s for it to make
any noticeable difference in the world. Paris, Rome, London and New
York with populations in the millions will not become ghost towns. Mass
migrations have been going on for thousands of years. One of the big
realizations for PTs is that as foreigners, we are treated better and
usually have an enhanced legal status better than in their native land.
If everyone with a taste for travel, an independent income or a
portable job became a PT there would probably be nothing more than
temporary international exchanges of talented and productive
individuals. The best talent, the most productive people are always
drawn to places offering peace, prosperity and a suitable climate for
creativity. Major cities, economic opportunities and good weather will
continue to attract many non conformists and individualists. Becoming a
PT expands the mind and increases the list of possible destinations.
Virtually anywhere in the world can be a good destination for a PT as
long as it is NOT at the place you are starting out from.
How to Begin Your PT Quest
An immediate full scale PT lifestyle is appropriate only for those who
have developed either a sufficient asset base or a source of income
that allows them to be mobile and independent from government licenses
and a permanent, full time job in a high tax country. However, there
are many exceptions to this. Virtually any individual can become a PT
with a few months preparation. Reading this book is the perfect way to
start making your own preparations.
By adopting the unconventional but consistent and logical set of ideas
set forth here, you can gain power and freedom. The enviable status of
PT is available to all, but few individuals will snatch this prize.
Why? Belief systems foisted upon us tend to ensure that unnecessary
taxes, an aggressive military establishment, intolerance of minorities
and redistribution of wealth by government, i.e., theft, will be among
the many popular injustices perpetuated by most governments. Who among
us has not (at one time) accepted these falsehoods?
We are told that taxes are inevitable and inescapable and that a
powerful and aggressive military establishment is needed for our
protection. Never mind that with the end of the cold war even military
leaders find it difficult to defend the lunatic policies and military
budgets of previous decades. Big Brother governments will always find a
new bogey-man to justify greater control of the populace and higher
taxes. Productive and creative people are needlessly forced to give
away the major part of their earnings each year. What happens to this
money? It is poured down the toilet, spent on huge bureaucracies that
only seem to succeed in creating more of the problems they are supposed
to be solving. Big Government is the problem, not the solution.
Fortunately, Big Brother need not intrude on the PT's world. What is
the PT's world? It is an individual person, supreme, unfettered, making
his own decisions, leaning on no one and allowing no one to lean upon
him. If you travel, it is customary to first visit your doctor for the
necessary vaccinations. How many people similarly look for an
inoculation pill to avoid being harassed, robbed and possibly
incarcerated at the hands of Big Brother? It is not natural disasters
nor disease that has been the cause of most premature death and
suffering in the last 5,000 years of recorded history, it has been
Government! Is there any magic dust or silver bullet that can eliminate
all government interference from our lives? PT life does not eliminate
every vestige of Big Brother control, but it does free the individual
PT from the most onerous of it.
CAN YOU AFFORD TO BECOME A PT?
PT can show you a new way to experience the world. The Germans have a
word for it: Weltanschauung. Even if you don’t immediately understand
what this word means (roughly, “world-view” ), you will change your
Weltanschauung as you make the transition to the PT lifestyle. For
starters, as the income of most PT’s is immediately doubled and most
frustrations of life with Big Brother are instantly eliminated, the
more logical question is, "Can you afford not to become a PT?"
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