10 Solutions To Our Ailing Economy

Yes, I am going to nag about the economy again.  My economist friend in Oregon agreed with my posting yesterday.  He told me that there is only one Fortune 500 company left in Oregon (Nike); the rest put on their Nike’s and ran as fast they could away from this unfriendly-to-business state.  The same happened to Silicon Valley years ago.  When the local government got unfriendly to the semiconductor companies, they moved their wafer fab operations to the Sun Belt and beyond.

I don’t know about you, but I’m going to write some letters.  It may not do much good, but I believe that it is my personal responsibility to speak up.  For a long time now, I’ve fretted about us in the “silent majority” and if there was a time that we needed to speak up, it is now.  Below, I’m offering some ideas for the next Human Resources Summit Meeting which I called yesterday, “The Save Our Private Sector Expo.”

Ron’s Ten Point Recovery Plan

1. Let the big 3 auto companies file bankruptcy - their union contracts would be cancelled and then they can start over.

2. Remove all constraints on business that make sense - taxes, fees, bureaucratic regulations

3. Provide incentives for businesses to start-up in the U.S.

4. Drill for oil.  Allow new refineries to be built.

5. Provide incentives to States who make their states business-friendly.

6. Reinvent the Small Business Administration so the rate of new businesses skyrocket.

7. Do whatever it takes to bring back manufacturing to the U.S. (I have more ideas for this one).

8. The Chamber of Commerce drives a massive “pro-business” marketing campaign.

Pure fantasy…

9. Hollywood has an epiphany and starts making movies that are favorable towards business.

10.Executives turn down golden parachutes and crazy high bonuses when their companies aren’t making a profit.

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