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Think about a smart contract that can accept funds for up to a year and if the contract isn't run to execute, all funds are returned to originator.
Sure, well, that would be a Canadian, not for profit foundation dedicated to eliminating homelessness, poverty and food insecurity.
It would start when registered members greater than or equal to 5 million members. In Canada, that's one in eight people as a member. They all pay $1/year for membership. This gets them a security fob for anywhere use, help, assistance, unlocking, etc, including any of the stores, warehouses, kiosks and tech support/customer service, into perpetuity.
They can buy whatever they want, just by using self checkout, or if they have other needs, a teller.
CANGRO would have grocery carry out, paper bagging (included). It would support living wages indexed to inflation and would maintain a set of clean, Male, Female, Transgender and a Family washrooms.
You would be able to order online and pickup, just like anywhere else, nowadays. 24/365.25 access, secured.
Warehouses would be located where possible, initially, and then planned to reduce pollution and travel distances.
Perhaps delivery could be integrated as well., for now shipping would be on hold, depending on what gets consolidated and how distribution delivery points are operated. Basically the same security except and delivery and lockers.
Gross intake would be kept at a minimum, except when growing the distribution system is required.
Well, you'd have to start some how. You would need a certain amount of buildings spread across the country. Yes, I don't yet have the answers for separated communities, but I do live in one.
First you crowd fund with the aforementioned smart contract. You have people to develop the system from the proceeds of the smart contract. You have a person or persons who are appointed to lead, direct and verify that work is done. The smart contract should allow to pay these people as talent. The person or persons who have signing authority should both a) be members and b) have no vested interest, save for myself who should get a nominal finders fee, of say, $42000 Canadian. I'm on disability, so that would make me wealthier than I can imagine, but yo, I got bills. Yeah, I'd still attend group and would still need the travel reimbursement.
My only role would be to break ties, so I also would have a piece of the key. Besides, you want to make sure I'm not the ANTICHRIST, :: I'm a Christian. I should get a days pay at the rate of 2 * my disability daily allotment, for voting, so you'd want to keep it to a minimum.
Here's my pitch: My real gig is the Java software, so I look to sell that to the Foundation as a Software Library, for it's use. Yes, at a $1/CAD/Seat/100Years. 1 Lifetime.
You use smart contracts and set up a district manager for each province/territory and a regional manager for whereever you have stores in a nameplace.
You use smart contracts for acquisition of goods and disbursements.
You try to hire the disadvantaged and help them get set up where you need them and where is advantageous for them. You hire the disabled, the indigent and anyone else below the poverty line as much as possible. You pay them fairly well and index it to inflation.
You keep your margin @ 1% unless building more locations.
You provide all the services, features and benefits members want and vote for.
Your locals don't want deli? No problem. What would you like?
Your locals want fillable containers? No problem, would you like a customer service rep?
Still no? How about online gaming section, carpentry, or auto mechanics, car wash bay? All included.
Kareoke? Absolutely!
There's more...
Borrow tools, rent, use, borrow. Return at convenience? Think World Public Library.
Boom! Mind blown.
Sure, like I said, you would have trusted members, that are also 3rd parties, have multi-sig capabilities and only a portion of a key.
So only this set of people can reduce funds, and only if they agree, otherwise the contract returns the money after 1 year.
You would probably be able to reinstate a new set of contracts, should there be changes. My actual experience with smart contracts is low so far.
So 5 million people X $100 CAD === 0.5 Billion Dollars.
You would need locations in every major city and several of them, just like Loblaws, Safeway, Co-op, etc.
You could pay 2:1 or 3:1 on the amount invested out of the profits from the 1% margin. After the dividends are completely paid, profits beyond new construction and costs goes to charity.
How MUCH? 100%. Everything should already be paid. This is what grocery stores are already doing. "The Foundation" would then use those funds as already described. Eliminating homelessness, poverty and food insecurity.
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