• stop throwing money down drains which-ever they are, unless they are doing what they should. There is plenty of money around if you look for it, and free it up from wherever it's stuck:

  • supporting whole families who (mostly seem to) do nothing but "bite the hand that feeds them".
  • stuck in tax havens or off-shore accounts, doing nothing good
• set up at least one "people's" Bank, maybe the Post Office, as has already been suggested-it will give renewed life to a treasured organisation.
• as part of the "NEW DEAL" ** (as you seemingly are already with President Barak Obama, and hopefully other heads of Government) start building:
  

  • a prototype "vertical farm" to prove they work, and then build more and more. Dr Despommier will need to be consulted of course, but I'm sure he'll be happy to oblige.
  • other Modernisation or Maintenance projects. For heaven's sakes there is need of it on this country, and there is plentiful local labour available!
    
    This will not only revive the economy and give work to many, many people, but it will be grabbing the future right away and show the world what we can do-that we're not a tired, worn out former "big puncher" on the world scene.
    
    More importantly, it will go an awfully long way to solving persistant ecological and environmental problems, PLUS provide a bright new future for us all.
    
    When the rest of the world follow suit, and we'll all be (almost) in "nirvana".
    
    Not really possible of course, but better than what we have now or had in the past. We must stop harking back to some imagined paradise, even the (young) natives of the Amazon jungle and of other "primitive" peoples around the world want the benefits of what we have - and they are especially hungry for KNOWLEDGE.
    
    They need not lose their identity. Just adapt it to modern living.

Why do so many people persist with the myth that it is free? It is not. We all pay for this National Insurance, and it surely should be treated like any "commercial" insurance. There should be conditions:

• If we do not live a healthy (enough) lifestyle, eg. over-consume alcohol, drugs, or food, we must either:
  • be compelled to follow a regime to correct this lack of willpower
  • be left to last to be offered treatment
  • or some other sanction should be applied
• If anyone doesn't like these conditions-then they can always get their own private health insurance.
• "Gastric Bypasses" should not be paid for on the NHS, while real diseases are neglected-this really is unacceptable!
• Anybody who engages in sports where injury is very likely, should not be treated on the NHS. They should take out private insurance just like we do for flying, or driving our cars. Most likely, most do anyway, of course, as most are thoughtful people.

• All long-term unemployed should be compelled to work for their "benefit" (in both meanings of the phrase), as it'll be to their benefit - for their dignity, sense of purpose, values and their contribution to their community and country.
  
  An agreement/contract between the Job Centre and the "client" should be drawn up, which should state that they will provide at least, say:
  • half a day's work (daily, of a normal working week)
  • or a few full days to clean the streets, help out in hospitals, or do maintenance jobs for the elderly. Anything, anywhere where extra help is needed, in whichever way their talents can best be of service. This way they will regain their dignity, in no time, I'm sure.
  • The rest of the time they can look for other full-time employment. Which will not be too difficult I'm sure, once they have got into the swing of things and realised the benefits of work and commitment. They will most likely find job offers made to them anyway, if they are conscientious.****
• If after losing a job, a certain period can be devoted solely to job searching-say 3 to 6 months? Then the same should apply to them as for the long-term unemployed.
  
  Apart from the wasted money, the person loses all sense of worth and becomes depressed and therefore even less likely to find employement, as depression means a closing In and down of the self. It is not a good place to be. They need to be helped if they cannot help themselves.
• In this way there can be jobs for all, without having a communist or authoritarian system.
  It's all about being "stake-holders" in our communities, our society, and in our country.

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as Roosevelt did after the "Great Depression"

back to where you were

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The more people work, the more wealth there'll be and therefore the more jobs available-and of coures the reverse holds, but in the opposite way - it's a mathematical equation.
Barak Obama was right when he said that America should not be ashamed of it's wealth - or it's wealth-creating abilities.
Just imagine where we (even China!) all would be without them, and some of us are still blaming them for everything!!

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