It's an interesting point you are making about percentages, and I'm trying to decide if you are confused or I am.

We seem to be in agreement that a dollar quota would create dollar demand, is that correct?

It seems to me that once the pump starts moving, it doesn't matter whether the government charges a percent or a fixed amount. But I think I agree with you that you can't start the pump by asking for a percent.

Makes me wonder if way down in the kernel code of the monetary system there's some kind of dollar quota, or alternatively if the current system booted off a dollar quota. Makes me think of a stamp tax or something like that.