Perspectives on the

Economic and Political Impact

of the proposed

World Capital of Peace

on

Smith County
Dr. Kai Druhl Jubilee International Ministries

Demographic and Economic Data for Fairfield, Iowa

Home of Parsons College 1875 to 1973 Home of Maharishi University of Management 1974 to present Maharishi Vedic City founded in 2001 north of Fairfield

Who is the World Center of Peace?

The site will also be home to the Capital of the US Peace Government and its President Dr. John Hagelin, worldrenowned quantum physicist and Minister of Science and Technology of the Global Country of World Peace. His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of Peace Governments around the world, gave an inspiring inaugural address ..

The Promise
The US Peace Government will implement scientifically proven programs to effectively prevent problemsin health,

education, defense, the economy, crime prevention and rehabilitation, agriculture, architecture, energy, and the environment.

These programs will be offered and administered through Peace Palaces in the nations 2400 largest cities.

The Practice
Each Peace Palace will also be host to several hundred

Peace-creating Experts, whose daily practice of the Transcendental Meditation program and Related Technologies of Consciousness
will effectively defuse the acute societal stress that fuels violent, anti-social behavior.

Related Technologies of Consciousness

Summary Statistics
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Average Crime Rate

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County Unemployment Rate

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Primary Concerns
Fairfield
30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Alcohol and Drug Divorce Crime and Safety Job and Career Retirement

US

Maharishi University of Management

Operated by Volunteer Staff and Faculty
(Room, Board, $ 300)

Governed through University President by Maharishi Offering Religious Instruction as Academic Programs
(PhD in Vedic Science = Extended Meditation Program plus Reading of Hindu Religious Scripture)

Spiritual Home of an Aging Low Income Population

Maharishi Vedic City

Its goals and policies
VICTORY DAY FOR MAHARISHI VEDIC CITY Capital of the Global Country of World Peace Established Here at The Mansion Central Bank of the Global Country of World Peace, 8000 Vedic Scholar Project, Organic Agriculture Project, City Center and Vedic Cultural Center, and Maharishi Spiritual University of America and Ideal Girls School Also Inaugurated

Maharishi Vedic City

Its goals and policies

A cheering crowd joins Mayor Wynne, Dr. Dillbeck, Dr. Wallace, and Dr. Hagelin in applause after they raise the flag of the Global Country at the site of the Global Country Bank.

Maharishi Vedic City

Its Goals and Policies
Vedic University was established by ordinance of the City Council of Maharishi Vedic City adopted January 2004
pursuant to the home rule powers of the City granted by the Constitution of the State of
Iowa and to Chapter 364 of the Code of Iowa to offer Total Knowledge of these and other fields. WHEREAS, the legislature of the State of Iowa adopted in its 2005 regular session an amendment to Section 261B.11 of the Code of Iowa adding an exemption WHEREAS, Maharishi

for not-

for-profit colleges and universities established and authorized by city

ordinance to grant degrees to the requirements relating to registration of postsecondary
schools. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Maharishi Vedic University shall begin to

offer its degree programs to bring Total

Knowledge of Natural Law to

the people of Maharishi Vedic City and every city where the University offers its programs.

Maharishi Vedic City

Infrastructure Cost to Jefferson County
Net Tax
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

TIF Increment