Be A PT ... Don't Live Anywhere At All!
          
          
               The majority of Somalis are nomads who have proved
          themselves gratifyingly resistant to the chaos of civil
          war and famine.  While Western attention has been
          focused on farmers and devastated city dwellers, the
          nomads continue to use their mobility -- as they have
          for centuries -- to avoid much of the hardship.
               Cities and mechanized agriculture, the results of
          "civilization," are first to be hurt when the structure
          of civil order collapses.  War has destroyed the
          largest towns; farmers were quickly cut off from
          supplies with the onset of hostilities.
               Nomads, with camel, goat, and sheep herds, are
          highly mobile and can generally avoid areas where there
          is fighting.  Camels, in particular, are natural
          survival aids in Somalia.  They permit the nomads to
          scrape a bare subsistence from the arid semi-desert. 
          War and famine have driven up the price of grain,
          forcing nomads to barter away more of their animals to
          obtain it.  Nevertheless, the incalculable effects of
          war affect the nomads, though later and less intensely
          than they impinge on the settled populace.
               On an international scale there is a survival
          lesson here for the civilized world as well.  Do you
          want to escape the control over your life and property
          now held by modern governments?  The PT concept could
          have been called Individual Sovereignty, because PTs
          look after themselves.  We don't want or need
          authorities dominating every aspect of our existence
          from cradle to grave.  The PT concept is one way to
          break free.
               In a nutshell, 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."  The advantage is that being thought of by
          government officials as a person who is merely "parked
          temporarily", a PT is not subjected to taxes, military
          service, lawsuits, or persecution for partaking in
          innocent but forbidden pursuits or pleasures.  Unlike
          most citizens or subjects, the PT will not be
          persecuted for his beliefs or lack of them.  PT stands
          for many things: a PT can be a "prior taxpayer,"
          "perpetual tourist," "practically transparent,"
          "privacy trained," or "permanent traveler" if he or she
          wants to be.  The individual who is a PT can stay in
          one place most of the time.  Or all of the time.  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
          PT or a part-time PT.  Some may not want to break out
          all at once, or become a PT at all.  They just want to
          be aware of the possibilities, and be prepared to
          modify their lifestyle in the event of a crisis. 
          Knowledge will make you sort of a PT -- a "possibility
          thinker" who is "prepared thoroughly" for the future.
               The PT concept was created by Harry Schultz, the
          financial consultant and author of a number of books on
          investing that were best sellers in the 1970s.  
               Today there is a publishing company in Britain
          specializing in books for the PT -- unique titles on
          tax havens, obtaining a second citizenship, living in
          exotic locations, buying a tax free car, and making
          money internationally.  Even if you never buy the
          books, just reading the catalog is fascinating.  The
          catalog is free, and can be had by writing: 
                    Scope International Ltd.
                    Box AS125, Forestside House
                    Forestside, Rowlands Castle
                    Hants. PO9 6EE, Great Britain.
               PT is elegant, simple, and requires no
          accountants, lawyers, offshore corporations, nor other
          complex arrangements.  Since the income of most PTs is
          immediately doubled, and most frustrations of life with
          Big Brother are instantly eliminated, the logical
          question is only: "Can you afford not to become a PT?"
               The PT, once properly equipped, operates outside
          of the usual rules, gaining mobility and a full slate
          of human rights.  The value of these rights cannot even
          be perceived by people who have never experienced them. 
          Tax havens become an important tool of the PT, because
          the tax haven corporations and trusts provide an
          interface to the more permanently settled world, just
          as a flag of convenience does for a ship.
               The message of PT is not, however, to encourage
          greed, lust, irresponsibility, immorality or any of the
          other seven deadly sins.  The effect of PT being
          popularized will be to release creative souls from the
          many burdens of coping with Big Brother.
               You don't need to found a new country or displace
          someone else to make yourself a sovereign.  The PT need
          not dominate other people.  He or she must only be
          willing to break out of a parochial way of thinking:
          the PT must be superior only in that small area located
          between the ears.  We speak of the potential PT now in
          terms of wealth, talent, intelligence and creativity. 
          Who is this PT in the upper minuscule of the
          population?  It might well be you...