Root of Evil

Mayor Josephine Butler knows her community is doomed. Farmers and small businesses owners are about to lose their farms and businesses that have been in their families for generations to the banks.

When Mayor Butler agrees to use her community as a test site for a radical economic model suggested by George McCray, it is tantamount to declaring war on the government. The town cuts itself off from the outside world after stopping the circulation of money and securing near self-sufficiency with the aid of unused and innovative technology. The town becomes under fire from banks whose services are no longer required and local government that can’t  collect taxes from citizens who receive no income.

The community spirit is uplifted and pulls the town together in ways it had never been before. Tourists flock to the town,and find a community that is happy, contented and prosperous without the need for money.  A reporter, Howard Keen, who was highly sarcastic of the model, is convinced by what he sees and champions the town’s cause globally. This places a spotlight on the town that embarrasses the government and threatens big business interests.

Mayor Butler stands her ground and when the banks try to repossess properties in the town, she evicts the banks and has the people enforce her directive. She seizes the assets of big business like supermarkets to feed the town and gains the sympathy of many outsiders who establish an underground to smuggle in supplies when a blockade is established by law enforcers.

Finally the government, failing in its attempts to discredit the town as undermining the national interest sends in the military to storm the town. But they are ready and so are the press. The whole event is globally televised and Mayor Butler is seen as a hero forcing the government to back down, sowing the seeds for the collapse of the global economy as we know it and marking the birth of a new world order.

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