Raymond Kent Interview

Transcript from CE News, Sept. 12th, 2023

The aesthetic of the church is rustic, just shy of revival, but the fire and brim-

stone is conspicuously absent. Pastor Raymond Kent is not that kind of

orator. Quite the opposite, in fact. The place is packed and there’s more

people outside who don’t fit in the square, high-ceilinged room. As I’m st-

anding in the back, I notice heavy water damage at my feet. If One Truth is

stealing money, it’s not visible from here.

The church has developed a reputation for its quiet congregation. Kent

preaches often about the clamor of noise and its corrosive effect on the hu-

man psyche, and in fact, he has made silence one of his core tenets. While

I wait for him to take the stage, I can hear hymns being sung in another

church down the street. It’s a powerful effect, but I can see how it might

unnerve the casual observer.

When he finally does appear, he’s met with no reaction, no commands,

and no music. He says one word followed by that long pause he’s famous

for: “Pain … is the only honest friend you have in this world.” The sermon,

which lasts about 45 minutes, is about how we look away from the pain in

our lives when we should be looking at it. Humanity, he says, has built a

world for the sole purpose of avoiding discomfort, calling it “an empire of

dopamine that has left us all junkies.”

June Nguyen: If I may, I’d like to jump into some of the controversy your

church has been involved in. Florida Governor Mike Cannon, on FEED, call-

ed your church a “Commonwealth shill tax shelter,” and you a “tin can con

man.” Do you feel an urge to fight back on these attacks, and are you con-

cerned with how it looks that the Commonwealth has given you

tax exemption?

Raymond Kent: It’s well known that I don’t have a FEED account or a smart-

phone. From what I’ve heard, Governor Cannon seems like he just wants to

cause a reaction. He doesn’t care if its bad or good, he just needs it. Actually,

that might be unfair. I don’t know Mike, never met him. Maybe he’s fright-

ened of a changing world, afraid of losing his place in it. I can relate to that,

I’m just not a fan of his methods. To answer your other question, I don't

have any affiliation with the Commonwealth, I don’t speak on their behalf.

I’m not naive to corporate interests. I’m sure they want something, but they

haven’t asked for it yet. They just created the donation system.

June Nguyen: Can you talk about the automated donation system they

set up?

Raymond Kent: As I’m sure you know I’m a bit of a layman, but basically it

allows people to donate and decide how the donations are used without

One Truth or myself touching the money. There’s a long, gross history of

churches defrauding people that goes back thousands of years. And when

you can bring people together and inspire and help without the suspicion

that you’re doing it for nefarious purposes it just makes everything easier.

June Nguyen: Has no one donated to fix the roof here?

Raymond Kent: Ha! That’s on me! I won’t let anyone help. I’ve been prea

ching here for most of my life and, well, maybe it’s superstition or maybe

it’s stubbornness but nobody fixes the roof but me. Hahaha.

June Nguyen: So one last question, I have to ask.

Raymond Kent: I think I know where this is going. I don’t claim to have

superpowers, but it would be disingenuous not to talk about it sometimes.

I get these flashes sometimes, like electricity coming off of people. And I

get this sense that I know how to help them. I don’t know if it’s divine inter-

vention or a medical problem, I just know it makes me feel good and it

seems to make the people around me feel good when I‘m better at diag-

nosing their problems ... Did that come across as too hokey?

June Nguyen: No, it was great, thank you, thank you so much for your time.

*While exploring the data imaging of the Internet archives this relevant email was found. Its sender is unknown, its recipients also unknown. These facts can be assumed but it is not the function of The Historian to hypothesize.*

A philosophical impasse has emerged. Compromise is un-

tenable. Play the game until an opening to move laterally

presents itself.

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of

folly is to fill the world with fools."

Politics is the New Coal Mining

By William Larmore, FIN News

Before the death knell of the US government, the trend in politics was to

promise relief for an economy built on offshoring and modern technology

— to “bring back the jobs.” The jobs in question changed, but the talking

points stayed the same. Now, it’s the politicians’ turn. Technology has slo0

wed, we’ve lost access to foreign markets, and labor jobs have returned,

but the political system as we knew it has gone the way of the coal miner.

It’s time for politicians to step up and do the jobs they said they would

bring back.

Throughout history, America’s economy has made many hard turns, de-

tours on the path to the modern system. In 1870, almost 50 percent of the population was employed in agriculture. In 2008 it was less than 2 percent,

and roughly half were non-citizens. Manufacturing rose to prominence after

World War II, and hit an all time peak of 20 million jobs in 1979. But that

field bottomed out in 2018 at 11 million jobs. The textile industry remained

an important part of the economy into the 80s before its collapse. In 1965,

95 percent of all American apparel was produced by American companies.

By 1995 the US accounted for less than 2 percent.

Just as cultural and technological changes hit these industries hard, the shutdown of the federal government left millions out of work — not just

politicians and government employees, but among all the industries that

leaned on the government for capital. I recently spoke with lobbyist Jeffery

Ford who worked for Janson Edwards Group, who told me: “In 2019 I was

juggling million dollar contracts for my company and now, not only is my

company dissolved, the whole industry is gone. I still support the Comm-

onwealth, but I wish they would have considered us before brining every-

thing down around our ears.” Former Senator Lee Taylor was less forgiving.

"We feel like we’ve been forgotten, " Taylor said. “We helped make this coun-

try great and this is the thanks we get. All that’s out there is factory and

farm work, and I’m simply not built for it.”

Many industries have been wiped out over the decades, but the American

worker has always adapted and overcome. Often, that has meant a transit-

ion to the service industry. Men and women put down their tools and pick-

ed up trays and phones. Government jobs are not coming back and the

Commonwealth isn’t making excuses or false promises; what they are do-

ing is reopening factories and farms all over the country. America is out of

the economy of words and into the industry of action, and it’s time to pull

up our bootstraps and get to work.

What if we bait and switch? We could abolish the 16th Amend-

ment, eliminate income tax, and replace it with a much higher

sales tax. We’re not necessarily raising or lowering taxes as much

as rebranding them. As a bonus, it would kill the IRS which, if

that isn’t worth a parade in our honor, I don’t know what is.

So incentivize people to work but decentivize them to spend

money on our products?

That’s part of the beauty. We can sell the fact that it hurts us as

well. We’re all in this together. Unity is a strong brand.

I think we need something more to really sell this. Now that we

don’t have the government to kick around, can we package the

Republik as a villain?

The Republik is overplayed. What about Florida? They’re hell-bent

on succession. We were talking compromise but maybe they’d

serve better as a warning.

I like it. We spin them as symbols of the old system. Meanwhile,

we create a pilot program for a neighboring state to implement

our new tax system... Does anyone see how this could blow up

in our faces?

Florida banned Common Coin so they’re using money we don’t

even print anymore. Even if the new tax reform fails, I can’t see it

being as bad as what’s coming to Florida.

(Transcript ends)

Constitutional Convention Meeting 1

Excerpt from a meeting of Commonwealth leadership, January 12th, 2023

Gentlemen, I would like to begin the first of many meetings. Since

the fall of the executive and legislative branches, we have contin

ued — more or less — to honor America’s first contract. I see this as

less of an obligation than as an easy means of transition. Article V

gave us legal avenue to create a constitution of our own, and the

goal of these meetings is to develop a sort of “Governance 2.0",

addressing the basics and details of taxation, legislation, and the

other elements by which a people govern themselves.

The first thing we should address is funding. The ground floor of

every project, even one like this, begins with capital. We can’t use

our profits to run the entire country; it’s simply not enough. The Commonwealth is barely staying above the profit line as it is.

The corporate motto has always been less taxes. How’s it gonna

look now that we’re in charge and we raise them?

If we lower we can’t sustain, if we raise they bring out the guillo-

tine, and if we leave it the same we look ineffective.

The Anti-Commonwealth (op-ed)

By Thomas Quinn, CE News

There's something special about an origin story. The further you get from it,

the more magical it becomes. The characters grow in size and stature, mu-

ndane items like pens and books become artifacts of power, and the legend

consumes reality. The context around the origin is lost to larger-than-life

themes like "freedom”.

So it is with America's original constitution, the Articles of Confederation.

Five years after this set of laws laid out how states could rule themselves,

bankruptcy, border disputes, and open rebellion had chipped away at the

foundation of the fledgling country. A group called the Federalists planned

a new constitution that united the states by way of taxation and military, a

hard sell in an era defined by a bloody revolution over those very concepts.

Lesser known were the Anti-Federalists, who saw the Federalists as elites

looking to secure power. Noting that the new constitution had no checks

on what the government could do, the Anti-Federalists pushed for a bill of

rights, which became the compromise that protected the citizens, and

eventually defined the rights we hold so dear.

Now we are again on the precipice of a constitutional convention, where a

new group of our most elite are deciding how the government should be

run. We have rejected the blueprint for how we should be taxed and gov-

erned; the foundation is being rebuilt. But is it being rebuilt in our favor?

There is a historical precedent of the powerful taking more than their share,

and it was the Anti-Federalists’ support of the commoner that helped the

old system sustain as long as it did. Who will stand for us now? If the Comm-

onwealth is to decide the new rules, then we as a people must be the

Anti-Commonwealth.

You realize how that will come across, right? Putt-

ing people above the bottom line, that’s the slogan

we should be striving for. This strategy of covering

up failure by way of a smear campaign is complet-

ely regressive and I’ll have nothing to do with it.

We’re not advocating paying everyone’s bills, just a

safety net to spark risk and entrepreneurial spirit

You don’t get it, this isn’t about policy. A lack of ini-

tiative is like a virus — when people start slacking,

other people follow suit. When people work hard

and they see their money going to those who don’t,

there will always be contention. Now is the time to

set the standard. You want a higher quality of life?

Fucking earn it.

The Georgia numbers are looking great. Our appro-

val ratings in the middle and upper classes are thr-

ough the roof and profit margins are up by 12%,

but as expected, raising the price of all goods by

30% is decimating the lower class and unemployed.

I think we’re at a place where we can bring in the

universal basic income plan suggested by the Econ-

omic Division to complete the revenue plan.

We all knew that in order for this pilot plan to work

we would need to show as much profit as possible

in the beginning to attract other states. But I con-

cur, now is a good time to take our surplus and re-

distribute it to the less fortunate.

I couldn’t disagree more. We have 15 more states

on the hook and all they’re looking at is the bottom

line. I know that people are suffering and I agree it’s

terrible but what we’re doing now is so much more important. Without country-wide adoption, all

is lost.

Altruism is always going to be inconvenient. This is

when we decide what kind of society we’re going

to have.

This doesn’t even have to be about kindness, we

have real data. In our controlled studies we’ve fou-

nd an 8.5% decrease in hospitalizations, our educa-

tion plan has put students ahead a whole extra year,

and our polling indicated an overall quality of life

increase across the board. It’s what we should be

working toward.

There’s also real data that says if you give veterans

disability checks it reduces the labor force dramat-

ically. This is an opportunity to nix the nanny state.

This goes well beyond class warfare. A patent just

came across my desk for a radiology software up-

date that could make all radiologists superfluous.

Do we lay off all radiologists because a computer

can diagnose cancer better? Or do we keep them,

and keep our cancer, too? Do we help them tran-

sition into another field? Technology is out pacing

this economic model.

Anyone who’s smart enough to get through med

school is going to be fine. I agree the numbers on

the unemployed is a black eye on the program.

What if we launched a PR campaign? We’ll call

them ‘the uninitiated’ — that way the people will

do our job for us.

If you can’t do your share, you can’t share in the pr-

ofit. Something along those lines.

Constitutional Convention Meeting 32

Excerpt from a meeting of Commonwealth leadership,

November 23rd, 2023

Politics is the New Coal Mining

By William Larmore, FIN News

Before the death knell of the US government, the trend in

politics was to promise relief for an economy built on offs-

horing and modern technology — to “bring back the jobs.”

The jobs in question changed, but the talking points stay-

ed the same. Now, it’s the politicians’ turn. Technology has

slowed, we’ve lost access to foreign markets, and labor jobs

have returned, but the political system as we knew it has

gone the way of the coal miner. It’s time for politicians to

step up and do the jobs they said they would bring back.

Throughout history, America’s economy has made many

hard turns, detours on the path to the modern system. In

1870, almost 50 percent of the population was employed

in agriculture. In 2008 it was less than 2 percent, and rough-

ly half were non-citizens. Manufacturing rose to prominence

after World War II, and hit an all time peak of 20 million jobs

jobs in 1979. But that field bottomed out in 2018 at 11 million

jobs. The textile industry remained an important part of the

economy into the 80s before its collapse. In 1965, 95 percent

of all American apparel was produced by American com-

nies. By 1995 the US accounted for less than 2 percent.

Just as cultural and technological changes hit these indus-

tries hard, the shutdown of the federal government left

millions out of work — not just politicians and government

employees, but among all the industries that leaned on

the government for capital. I recently spoke with lobbyist

Jeffery Ford who worked for Janson Edwards Group, who

told me: “In 2019 I was juggling million dollar contracts for

my company and now, not only is my company dissolved,

the whole industry is gone. I still support the Common-

wealth, but I wish they would have considered us before

brining everything down around our ears.” Former Senator

Lee Taylor was less forgiving. "We feel like we’ve been for-

gotten," Taylor said. “We helped make this country great

and this is the thanks we get. All that’s out there is factory

and farm work, and I’m simply not built for it.”

Many industries have been wiped out over the decades, but

the American worker has always adapted and overcome.

Often, that has meant a transition to the service industry.

Men and women put down their tools and picked up trays

and phones. Government jobs are not coming back and the

Commonwealth isn’t making excuses or false promises;

what they are doing is reopening factories and farms all

over the country. America is out of the economy of words

and into the industry of action, and it’s time to pull up our

bootstraps and get to work.

Raymond Kent Interview

Transcript from CE News, Sept. 12th, 2023

The aesthetic of the church is rustic, just shy of revival, but

the fire and brimstone is conspicuously absent. Pastor Ray-

mond Kent is not that kind of orator. Quite the opposite,

in fact. The place is packed and there’s more people outside

who don’t fit in the square, high-ceilinged room. As I’m

standing in the back, I notice heavy water damage at my

feet. If One Truth is stealing money, it’s not visible

from here.

The church has developed a reputation for its quiet con-

gregation. Kent preaches often about the clamor of noise

and its corrosive effect on the human psyche, and in fact,

he has made silence one of his core tenets. While I wait for

him to take the stage, I can hear hymns being sung in an-

other church down the street. It’s a powerful effect, but I

can see how it might unnerve the casual observer.

When he finally does appear, he’s met with no reaction, no

commands, and no music. He says one word followed by

that long pause he’s famous for: “Pain … is the only honest

friend you have in this world.” The sermon, which lasts ab-

out 45 minutes, is about how we look away from the pain

in our lives when we should be looking at it. Humanity, he

says, has built a world for the sole purpose of avoiding dis-

comfort, calling it “an empire of dopamine that has left us

all junkies.”

June Nguyen: If I may, I’d like to jump into some of the con-

troversy your church has been involved in. Florida Governor

Mike Cannon, on FEED, called your church a “Common-

wealth shill tax shelter,” and you a “tin can con man.” Do you

feel an urge to fight back on these attacks, and are you con-

cerned with how it looks that the Commonwealth has given

you tax exemption?

Raymond Kent: It’s well known that I don’t have a FEED

account or a smartphone. From what I’ve heard, Governor

Cannon seems like he just wants to cause a reaction. He

doesn’t care if its bad or good, he just needs it. Actually,

that might be unfair. I don’t know Mike, never met him.

Maybe he’s frightened of a changing world, afraid of losing

his place in it. I can relate to that, I’m just not a fan of his

methods. To answer your other question, I don’t have any

affiliation with the Commonwealth, I don’t speak on their

behalf. I’m not naive to corporate interests. I’m sure they

want something, but they haven’t asked for it yet. They just

created the donation system.

June Nguyen: Can you talk about the automated donation

system they set up?

Raymond Kent: As I’m sure you know I’m a bit of a layman,

but basically it allows people to donate and decide how

the donations are used without One Truth or myself tou-

ching the money. There’s a long, gross history of churches

defrauding people that goes back thousands of years. And

when you can bring people together and inspire and help

without the suspicion that you’re doing it for nefarious

purposes it just makes everything easier.

June Nguyen: Has no one donated to fix the roof here?

Raymond Kent: Ha! That’s on me! I won’t let anyone help.

I’ve been preaching here for most of my life and, well, may-

be it’s superstition or maybe it’s stubbornness but nobody

fixes the roof but me. Hahaha.

June Nguyen: So one last question, I have to ask.

Raymond Kent: I think I know where this is going. I don’t

claim to have superpowers, but it would be disingenuous

not to talk about it sometimes. I get these flashes some-

times, like electricity coming off of people. And I get this

sense that I know how to help them. I don’t know if it’s di-vine intervention or a medical problem, I just know it makes me feel good and it seems to make the people around me feel good when I‘m better at diagnosing their problems ...

Did that come across as too hokey?

June Nguyen: No, it was great, thank you, thank you so

much for your time.

What if we bait and switch? We could abolish the

16th Amendment, eliminate income tax, and re-

place it with a much higher sales tax. We’re not

necessarily raising or lowering taxes as much as

rebranding them. As a bonus, it would kill the IRS

which, if that isn’t worth a parade in our honor, I

don’t know what is.

So incentivize people to work but decentivize

them to spend money on our products?

That’s part of the beauty. We can sell the fact that

it hurts us as well. We’re all in this together. Unity

is a strong brand.

I think we need something more to really sell this.

Now that we don’t have the government to kick

around, can we package the Republik as a villain?

The Republik is overplayed. What about Florida?

They’re hell-bent on succession. We were talking
compromise but maybe they’d serve better

as a warning.

I like it. We spin them as symbols of the old system.

Meanwhile, we create a pilot program for a neigh-

boring state to implement our new tax system...

Does anyone see how this could blow up in

our faces?

Florida banned Common Coin so they’re using

money we don’t even print anymore. Even if the

new tax reform fails, I can’t see it being as bad as

what’s coming to Florida.

(Transcript ends)

Constitutional Convention Meeting 1

Excerpt from a meeting of Commonwealth leadership,

January 12th, 2023

Gentlemen, I would like to begin the first of many

meetings. Since the fall of the executive and legis-

lative branches, we have continued — more or less—

to honor America’s first contract. I see this as less

of an obligation than as an easy means of transition.

Article V gave us legal avenue to create a constitu-

tion of our own, and the goal of these meetings is

to develop a sort of “Governance 2.0”, addressing

the basics and details of taxation, legislation, and

the other elements by which a people

govern themselves.

The first thing we should address is funding. The

ground floor of every project, even one like this,

begins with capital. We can’t use our profits to run

the entire country; it’s simply not enough. The

Commonwealth is barely staying above the profit

line as it is.

The corporate motto has always been less taxes.

How’s it gonna look now that we’re in charge and

we raise them?

If we lower we can’t sustain, if we raise they bring

out the guillotine, and if we leave it the same we

look ineffective.

The Anti-Commonwealth (op-ed)

By Thomas Quinn, CE News

There's something special about an origin story. The further

you get from it, the more magical it becomes. The charac-

ters grow in size and stature, mundane items like pens and

books become artifacts of power, and the legend consumes

reality. The context around the origin is lost to larger- than-

life themes like "freedom”.

So it is with America's original constitution, the Articles of Confederation. Five years after this set of laws laid out how

states could rule themselves, bankruptcy, border disputes,

and open rebellion had chipped away at the foundation

of the fledgling country. A group called the Federalists

planned a new constitution that united the states by way

of taxation and military, a hard sell in an era defined by a

bloody revolution over those very concepts.

Lesser known were the Anti-Federalists, who saw the Fed

eralists as elites looking to secure power. Noting that the

new constitution had no checks on what the government

could do, the Anti-Federalists pushed for a bill of rights,

which became the compromise that protected the citizens,

and eventually defined the rights we hold so dear.

Now we are again on the precipice of a constitutional con-

vention, where a new group of our most elite are deciding

how the government should be run. We have rejected the

blueprint for how we should be taxed and governed; the

foundation is being rebuilt. But is it being rebuilt in our fa-

vor? There is a historical precedent of the powerful taking

more than their share, and it was the Anti-Federalists’ sup-

port of the commoner that helped the old system sustain

as long as it did. Who will stand for us now? If the Comm-

onwealth is to decide the new rules, then we as a people

must be the Anti-Commonwealth.

FLORIDA DECLARES SUCCESSION FROM

AMERICA, OFFERING "REFUGE FROM THE

TYRANNICAL COMMONWEALTH"

COMMONWEALTH BEGINS ARTICLE 5 CONVENTION

To the Shareholders of America:

We at the Commonwealth have never been more proud to be

Americans. Not only have we made our transition peacefully, the

country is moving in a healthier direction. But now the real work

begins. The role of a CEO is ever vigilant and always evolving, and

this is no time to sit back and enjoy our victory. We take your faith

in us to heart, and are sending out this letter to help illuminate

just how we plan to right this ship.

Here is a tour of some of our key initiatives for the coming year:

The Constitutional Convention: As a board of directors for the

country, it’s imperative that we create a contract with our share-

holders. We are working to create a document that will be a sta-

ble, iron-clad foundation for both Commonwealth and sharehol-

der to build upon.

Transition of Power: Our strategy is to consider every state as a

company with something to offer its employers, shareholders,

and the greater whole. Our CFOs are assisting each state in buil-

ding their own funding model, and our CEOs are developing a

strategy for more efficient corporate collaboration.

Industry:  Since we’ve been locked off from Eurasian trade, we’re

bringing manufacturing and agriculture back to the US in a big

way. That means we need a lot more manpower and a lot of trai-

ning. America is going back to its roots.

These are lofty goals, but the Commonwealth has developed a

detailed, stepwise plan for each, and we have the expertise to

execute them.

The Anti-Commonwealth (op-ed)

By Thomas Quinn, CE News

There's something special about an origin story. The further you

get from it, the more magical it becomes. The characters grow in

size and stature, mundane items like pens and books become

artifacts of power, and the legend consumes reality. The context

around the origin is lost to larger-than-life themes like "freedom”.

So it is with America's original constitution, the Articles of Confe-

deration. Five years after this set of laws laid out how states could

rule themselves, bankruptcy, border disputes, and open rebellion

had chipped away at the foundation of the fledgling country. A

group called the Federalists planned a new constitution that un-

ited the states by way of taxation and military, a hard sell in an

era defined by a bloody revolution over those very concepts.

Lesser known were the Anti-Federalists, who saw the Federalists

as elites looking to secure power. Noting that the new constitu-

tion had no checks on what the government could do, the Anti-

Federalists pushed for a bill of rights, which became the compr-

omise that protected the citizens, and eventually defined the ri-

ghts we hold so dear. Which means this country was founded

less on freedom than compromise.

Now we are again on the precipice of a constitutional con-vent-

ion, where a new group of our most elite are deciding how the

government should be run. We have rejected the blueprint for

how we should be taxed and governed; the foundation is being

rebuilt. But is it being rebuilt in our favor? There is a historical pr-

ecedent of the powerful taking more than their share, and it was

the Anti-Federalists’ support of the commoner that helped the

old system sustain as long as it did. Who will stand for us now? If

the Commonwealth is to decide the new rules, then we as a pe-

ople must be the Anti-Commonwealth.

Constitutional Convention Meeting 1

Excerpt from a meeting of Commonwealth leadership, January 12th, 2023

Gentlemen, I would like to begin the first of many meetings. Sin-

ce the fall of the executive and legislative branches, we have co-

ntinued — more or less— to honor America’s first contract. I see

this as less of an obligation than as an easy means of transition.

Article V gave us legal avenue to create a constitution of our own,

and the goal of these meetings is to develop a sort of “Governa-

nce 2.0”, addressing the basics and details of taxation, legislation,

and the other elements by which a people govern themselves.

The first thing we should address is funding. The ground floor of

every project, even one like this, begins with capital. We can’t use

our profits to run the entire country; it’s simply not enough. The

Commonwealth is barely staying above the profit line as it is.

The corporate motto has always been less taxes. How’s it gonna

look now that we’re in charge and we raise them?

If we lower we can’t sustain, if we raise they bring out the guillo-

tine, and if we leave it the same we look ineffective.

Florida banned Common Coin so they’re using money we don’t

even print anymore. Even if the new tax reform fails, I can’t see it

being as bad as what’s coming to Florida.

(Transcript ends)

What if we bait and switch? We could abolish the 16th Amend-

ment, eliminate income tax, and replace it with a much higher

sales tax. We’re not necessarily raising or lowering taxes as much

as rebranding them. As a bonus, it would kill the IRS which, if

that isn’t worth a parade in our honor, I don’t know what is.

I like it. We spin them as symbols of the old system. Meanwhile,

we create a pilot program for a neighboring state to implement

our new tax system... Does anyone see how this could blow up

in our faces?

So incentivize people to work but decentivize them to spend

money on our products?

I think we need something more to really sell this. Now that we

don’t have the government to kick around, can we package the

Republik as a villain?

The Republik is overplayed. What about Florida? They’re hell-be-

nt on succession. We were talking compromise but maybe they’d

serve better as a warning.

Tax Replacement Plan

Starting in 1913, the 16th Amendment allowed the US govern-

ment to tax your personal income. This disincintivized working

and creating businesses, and devastated the economy. Our plan

will eliminate corporate, personal, gift, and estate taxes, and re-

place them with one increased, 30% sales tax. Now, you are in

control of your own spending. You can keep your full paycheck

and decide for yourself how much you spend on taxes. Say good-

bye to tax forms, audits, and the IRS.

The biggest complaint about taxes is not that they’re too high —

it’s that they’re mismanaged. As a shareholder, you care what’s

best for your state, and now you can decide what percentage of

your tax goes to each sector.

- The Innovation Division

Receive up to the minute updates

on each sector’s funding level so

you can make informed decisions.

You are the eyes and ears of your

community, and you know what it

needs better than anyone else.

Your personal allocations give you

the ability to decide where your

money is spent.

MIKE CANNON

@GOVMIKECANNON

Florida will not stand for tyrannical despots taking

control of our country and trying to tear down our

religious freedom. We are opening our borders to

any one who seeks religious asylum and the right

to be an American. #STANDWITHFLORIDA

Politics is the New Coal Mining

By William Larmore, FIN News

Before the death knell of the US government, the trend in polit-

ics was to promise relief for an economy built on offshoring and

modern technology — to “bring back the jobs.” The jobs in quest-

ion changed, but the talking points stayed the same. Now, it’s the

politicians’ turn. Technology has slowed, we’ve lost access to for-

eign markets, and labor jobs have returned, but the political sys-

tem as we knew it has gone the way of the coal miner. It’s time

for politicians to step up and do the jobs they said they would

bring back.

Throughout history, America’s economy has made many hard tu-

rns, detours on the path to the modern system. In 1870, almost

50 percent of the population was employed in agriculture. In

2008 it was less than 2 percent, and roughly half were non-citiz-

ens. Manufacturing rose to prominence after World War II, and hit

an all time peak of 20 million jobs in 1979. But that field botto-

med out in 2018 at 11 million jobs. The textile industry remained

an important part of the economy into the 80s before its collapse.

In 1965, 95 percent of all American apparel was produced by Am-

erican companies. By 1995 the US accounted for less than

2 percent.

Just as cultural and technological changes hit these industries

hard, the shutdown of the federal government left millions out of

work — not just politicians and government employees, but am-

ong all the industries that leaned on the government for capital.

I recently spoke with lobbyist Jeffery Ford who worked for Janson

Edwards Group, who told me: “In 2019 I was juggling million do-

llar contracts for my company and now, not only is my company

dissolved, the whole industry is gone. I still support the Commo-

nwealth, but I wish they would have considered us before brining

everything down around our ears.” Former Senator Lee Taylor was

less forgiving. "We feel like we’ve been forgotten," Taylor said. “We

helped make this country great and this is the thanks we get. All

that’s out there is factory and farm work, and I’m simply not built

for it.”

Many industries have been wiped out over the decades, but the

American worker has always adapted and overcome. Often, that

has meant a transition to the service industry. Men and women

put down their tools and picked up trays and phones. Governm-

ent jobs are not coming back and the Commonwealth isn’t ma-

king excuses or false promises; what they are doing is reopening

factories and farms all over the country. America is out of the ec-

onomy of words and into the industry of action, and it’s time to

pull up our bootstraps and get to work.

The aesthetic of the church is rustic, just shy of revival, but the fire

and brimstone is conspicuously absent. Pastor Raymond Kent is

not that kind of orator. Quite the opposite, in fact. The place is

packed and there’s more people outside who don’t fit in the sq-

uare, high-ceilinged room. As I’m standing in the back, I notice

heavy water damage at my feet. If One Truth is stealing money,

it’s not visible from here.

The church has developed a reputation for its quiet congregation.

Kent preaches often about the clamor of noise and its corrosive

effect on the human psyche, and in fact, he has made silence one

of his core tenets. While I wait for him to take the stage, I can hear

hymns being sung in another church down the street. It’s a pow-

erful effect, but I can see how it might unnerve the

casual observer.

When he finally does appear, he’s met with no reaction, no com-

mands, and no music. He says one word followed by that long

pause he’s famous for: “Pain … is the only honest friend you have

in this world.” The sermon, which lasts about 45 minutes, is about

how we look away from the pain in our lives when we should be

looking at it. Humanity, he says, has built a world for the sole pu-

rpose of avoiding discomfort, calling it “an empire of dopamine

that has left us all junkies.”

June Nguyen: If I may, I’d like to jump into some of the controve-

rsy your church has been involved in. Florida Governor Mike Can-

non, on FEED, called your church a “Commonwealth shill tax sh-

elter,” and you a “tin can con man.” Do you feel an urge to fight

back on these attacks, and are you concerned with how it looks

that the Commonwealth has given you tax exemption?

Raymond Kent: It’s well known that I don’t have a FEED account

or a smartphone. From what I’ve heard, Governor Cannon seems

like he just wants to cause a reaction. He doesn’t care if its bad or

good, he just needs it. Actually, that might be unfair. I don’t know

Mike, never met him. Maybe he’s frightened of a changing world,

afraid of losing his place in it. I can relate to that, I’m just not a fan

of his methods. To answer your other question, I don’t have any

affiliation with the Commonwealth, I don’t speak on their behalf.

I’m not naive to corporate interests. I’m sure they want someth-

ing, but they haven’t asked for it yet. They just created the dona-

tion system.

June Nguyen: Can you talk about the automated donation syst-

em they set up?

Raymond Kent: As I’m sure you know I’m a bit of a layman, but

basically it allows people to donate and decide how the donatio-

ns are used without One Truth or myself touching the money.

There’s a long, gross history of churches defrauding people that

goes back thousands of years. And when you can bring people

together and inspire and help without the suspicion that you’re

doing it for nefarious purposes it just makes everything easier.

June Nguyen: Has no one donated to fix the roof here?

Raymond Kent: Ha! That’s on me! I won’t let anyone help. I’ve be-

en preaching here for most of my life and, well, maybe it’s super-

stition or maybe it’s stubbornness but nobody fixes the roof but

me. Hahaha.

June Nguyen: So one last question, I have to ask.

Raymond Kent: I think I know where this is going. I don’t claim

to have superpowers, but it would be disingenuous not to talk

about it sometimes. I get these flashes sometimes, like electricity

coming off of people. And I get this sense that I know how to he-

lp them. I don’t know if it’s divine intervention or a medical prob-

lem, I just know it makes me feel good and it seems to make the

people around me feel good when I‘m better at diagnosing their

problems ... Did that come across as too hokey?

June Nguyen: No, it was great, thank you, thank you so much for

your time.

Raymond Kent Interview

Transcript from CE News, Sept. 12th, 2023

Constitutional Convention Meeting 32

Excerpt from a meeting of Commonwealth leadership, November 23rd, 2023

While exploring the data imaging of the Internet archives this

relevant email was found. Its sender is unknown, its recipients

also unknown. These facts can be assumed, but it is not the

function of The Historian to hypothesize.

A philosophical impasse has emerged. Compromise is untenable.

Play the game until an opening to move laterally presents itself.

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is

to fill the world with fools."

When selecting a Hand to rebuild the world

it was not the industrialist I chose...

...It was the artist.

While exploring the data imaging of the Inter-

net archives this relevant email was found. Its

sender is unknown, its recipients also unkno-

wn. These facts can be assumed, but it is not

the function of The Historian to hypothesize.

A philosophical impasse has emerged. Compro-

mise is untenable. Play the game until an open-

ing to move laterally presents itself.

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the

effects of folly is to fill the world with fools."

Constitutional Convention Meeting 32

Excerpt from a meeting of Commonwealth leadership,

November 23rd, 2023

You don’t get it, this isn’t about policy. A lack of

initiative is like a virus — when people start slack-

ing, other people follow suit. When people work

hard and they see their money going to those

who don’t, there will always be contention. Now

is the time to set the standard. You want a high-

er quality of life? Fucking earn it.

Raymond Kent Interview

The aesthetic of the church is rustic, just shy of

revival, but the fire and brimstone is conspicuo-

usly absent. Pastor Raymond Kent is not that ki-

nd of orator. Quite the opposite, in fact. The pla-

ce is packed and there’s more people outside

who don’t fit in the square, high-ceilinged room.

As I’m standing in the back, I notice heavy water

damage at my feet. If One Truth is stealing mon-

ey, it’s not visible from here.

The church has developed a reputation for its

quiet congregation. Kent preaches often about

the clamor of noise and its corrosive effect on

the human psyche, and in fact, he has made si-

lence one of his core tenets. While I wait for him

to take the stage, I can hear hymns being sung

in another church down the street. It’s a power-

ful effect, but I can see how it might unnerve

the casual observer.

When he finally does appear, he’s met with no

reaction, no commands, and no music. He says

one word followed by that long pause he’s fam-

ous for: “Pain … is the only honest friend you have

in this world.” The sermon, which lasts about 45

minutes, is about how we look away from the

pain in our lives when we should be looking at

it. Humanity, he says, has built a world for the

sole purpose of avoiding discomfort, calling it

“an empire of dopamine that has left us all

junkies.”

June Nguyen: If I may, I’d like to jump into so-

me of the controversy your church has been inv-

olved in. Florida Governor Mike Cannon, on

FEED, called your church a “Commonwealth

shill tax shelter,” and you a “tin can con man.”

Do you feel an urge to fight back on these atta-

cks, and are you concerned with how it looks

that the Commonwealth has given you

tax exemption?

Raymond Kent: It’s well known that I don’t ha-

ve a FEED account or a smartphone. From what

I’ve heard, Governor Cannon seems like he just

wants to cause a reaction. He doesn’t care if its

bad or good, he just needs it. Actually, that mi-

ght be unfair. I don’t know Mike, never met him.

Maybe he’s frightened of a changing world, afr-

aid of losing his place in it. I can relate to that,

I’m just not a fan of his methods. To answer your

other question, I don’t have any affiliation with

the Commonwealth, I don’t speak on their be-

half. I’m not naive to corporate interests. I’m sure

they want something, but they haven’t asked for

it yet. They just created the donation system.

June Nguyen: Can you talk about the automa-

ted donation system they set up?

Raymond Kent: As I’m sure you know I’m a bit

of a layman, but basically it allows people to do-

nate and decide how the donations are used

without One Truth or myself touching the mo-

ney. There’s a long, gross history of churches de-

frauding people that goes back thousands of

years. And when you can bring people together

and inspire and help without the suspicion that

you’re doing it for nefarious purposes it just ma-

kes everything easier.

June Nguyen: Has no one donated to fix the

roof here?

Raymond Kent: Ha! That’s on me! I won’t let

anyone help. I’ve been preaching here for most

of my life and, well, maybe it’s superstition or

maybe it’s stubbornness but nobody fixes the

roof but me. Hahaha.

June Nguyen: So one last question, I have to ask.

Raymond Kent: I think I know where this is go-

ing. I don’t claim to have superpowers, but it wo-

uld be disingenuous not to talk about it someti-

mes. I get these flashes sometimes, like electric-

ity coming off of people. And I get this sense

that I know how to help them. I don’t know if it’s

divine intervention or a medical problem, I just

know it makes me feel good and it seems to

make the people around me feel good when I‘m

better at diagnosing their problems ... Did that

come across as too hokey?

June Nguyen: No, it was great, thank you, thank

you so much for your time.

Transcript from CE News, Sept. 12th, 2023

Politics is the New Coal Mining

By William Larmore, FIN News

Before the death knell of the US government,

the trend in politics was to promise relief for an

economy built on offshoring and modern tech-

nology — to “bring back the jobs.” The jobs in

question changed, but the talking points stayed

the same. Now, it’s the politicians’ turn. Technol-

ogy has slowed, we’ve lost access to foreign ma-

rkets, and labor jobs have returned, but the poli-

tical system as we knew it has gone the way of

the coal miner. It’s time for politicians to step up

and do the jobs they said they would bring back.

Throughout history, America’s economy has m-

ade many hard turns, detours on the path to the

modern system. In 1870, almost 50 percent of

the population was employed in agriculture. In

2008 it was less than 2 percent, and roughly ha-

lf were non-citizens. Manufacturing rose to pro-

minence after World War II, and hit an all time

peak of 20 million jobs in 1979. But that field bo-

ttomed out in 2018 at 11 million jobs. The textile

industry remained an important part of the eco-

nomy into the 80s before its collapse. In 1965, 95

percent of all American apparel was produced

by American companies. By 1995 the US accou-

nted for less than 2 percent.

Just as cultural and technological changes hit

these industries hard, the shutdown of the fede-

ral government left millions out of work — not

just politicians and government employees, but

among all the industries that leaned on the gov-

ernment for capital. I recently spoke with lobby-

ist Jeffery Ford who worked for Janson Edwards

Group, who told me: “In 2019 I was juggling mill-

ion dollar contracts for my company and now,

not only is my company dissolved, the whole in-

dustry is gone. I still support the Commonwea-

lth, but I wish they would have considered us

before brining everything down around our ea-

rs.” Former Senator Lee Taylor was less forgiving.

"We feel like we’ve been forgotten," Taylor said.

“We helped make this country great and this is

the thanks we get. All that’s out there is factory

and farm work, and I’m simply not built for it.”

Many industries have been wiped out over the

decades, but the American worker has always

adapted and overcome. Often, that has meant a

transition to the service industry. Men and wom-

en put down their tools and picked up trays and

phones. Government jobs are not coming back

and the Commonwealth isn’t making excuses or

false promises; what they are doing is reopening

factories and farms all over the country. America

is out of the economy of words and into the ind-

ustry of action, and it’s time to pull up our boot-

straps and get to work.

MIKE CANNON

@GOVMIKECANNON

Florida will not stand for tyrannical de-

spots taking control of our country and

trying to tear down our religious freed-

om. We are opening our borders to any

one who seeks religious asylum and

the right to be an American.

#STANDWITHFLORIDA

GOVERNANCE 2.0

As shareholders of America, we want you to be

fully invested in your community, your country,

and us, your board of directors. We’ve created an

amazing new system of governance that gives

you full control of your hard earned money.

We’re so confident in this plan that we’re giving

you the choice to opt-in to it.

The great state of Georgia has agreed to be the

home of our Governance 2.0 pilot plan. We beli-

eve that the benefits Georgia sees from this pro-

gram will convince all other states to adopt this

bold new solution.

-The Prime Chair

The New Budget

Make no mistake, a budget is extremely compli-

cated. But it doesn’t have to be presented that

way. In the past, companies used complexity as

a gatekeeper. They wanted shareholders’ money,

but not their opinions. We at the Commonwea-

lth are going to change that. Our finest CFOs ha-

ve broken the budget down into six sectors so

you have the most comprehensive view of the

money your state needs to profit and prosper.

Furthermore, your input, via the Commonwealth

Budget app, will dictate how revenue is spent

and what your state prioritizes.

Starting in 1913, the 16th Amendment allowed

the US government to tax your personal income.

This disincintivized working and creating busin-

esses, and devastated the economy. Our plan

will eliminate corporate, personal, gift, and esta-

te taxes, and replace them with one increased,

30% sales tax. Now, you are in control of your

own spending. You can keep your full paycheck

and decide for yourself how much you spend on

taxes. Say goodbye to tax forms, audits, and

the IRS.

The biggest complaint about taxes is not that

they’re too high — it’s that they’re mismanaged.

As a shareholder, you care what’s best for your

state, and now you can decide what percentage

of your tax goes to each sector.

Tax Replacement Plan

-The Innovation Division

Receive up to the minute updates on

each sector’s funding level so you can

make informed decisions.

You are the eyes and ears of your

community, and you know what it

needs better than anyone else.

Your personal allocations give you

the ability to decide where your

money is spent.

Constitutional Convention Meeting 1

Excerpt from a meeting of Commonwealth leadership,

January 12th, 2023

The Anti-Commonwealth (op-ed)

By Thomas Quinn, CE News

There's something special about an origin story.

The further you get from it, the more magical it

becomes. The characters grow in size and stat-

ure, mundane items like pens and books beco-

me artifacts of power, and the legend consum-

es reality. The context around the origin is lost

to larger-than-life themes like "freedom”.

So it is with America's original constitution, the

Articles of Confederation. Five years after this

set of laws laid out how states could rule them-

selves, bankruptcy, border disputes, and open

rebellion had chipped away at the foundation

of the fledgling country. A group called the Fe-

deralists planned a new constitution that unit-

ed the states by way of taxation and military, a

hard sell in an era defined by a bloody revoluti-

on over those very concepts.

Lesser known were the Anti-Federalists, who

saw the Federalists as elites looking to secure

power. Noting that the new constitution had no

checks on what the government could do, the

Anti-Federalists pushed for a bill of rights, which

became the compromise that protected the

citizens, and eventually defined the rights we

hold so dear. Which means this country was fo-

unded less on freedom than compromise.

Now we are again on the precipice of a constit-

utional convention, where a new group of our

most elite are deciding how the government

should be run. We have rejected the blueprint

for how we should be taxed and governed; the

foundation is being rebuilt. But is it being rebu-

ilt in our favor? There is a historical precedent of

the powerful taking more than their share, and

it was the Anti-Federalists’ support of the com-

moner that helped the old system sustain as

long as it did. Who will stand for us now? If the

Commonwealth is to decide the new rules,

then we as a people must be the

Anti-Commonwealth.

To the Shareholders of America:

We at the Commonwealth have never been mo-

re proud to be Americans. Not only have we ma-

de our transition peacefully, the country is movi-

ng in a healthier direction. But now the real wo-

rk begins. The role of a CEO is ever vigilant and

always evolving, and this is no time to sit back

and enjoy our victory. We take your faith in us to

heart, and are sending out this letter to help ill-

uminate just how we plan to right this ship.

Here is a tour of some of our key initiatives for

the coming year:

The Constitutional Convention: As a board of

directors for the country, it’s imperative that we

create a contract with our shareholders. We are

working to create a document that will be a sta-

ble, iron-clad foundation for both Commonwe-

alth and shareholder to build upon.

Transition of Power: Our strategy is to consider

every state as a company with something to off-

er its employers, shareholders, and the greater

whole. Our CFOs are assisting each state in buil-

ding their own funding model, and our CEOs

are developing a strategy for more efficient

corporate collaboration.

Industry: Since we’ve been locked off from Eur-

asian trade, we’re bringing manufacturing and

agriculture back to the US in a big way. That

means we need a lot more manpower and a lot

of training. America is going back to its roots.

These are lofty goals, but the Commonwealth

has developed a detailed, stepwise plan for ea-

ch, and we have the expertise to execute them.

FLORIDA DECLARES SUCCESSION FROM

AMERICA, OFFERING "REFUGE FROM THE

TYRANNICAL COMMONWEALTH"

COMMONWEALTH BEGINS ARTICLE 5 CONVENTION