I have had lots of ideas for years but patenting is to expensive. Just reduce fees and red tape. A patent for any idea should not cost more than $100. To start a business shouldn't cost anything more than $50. Allow for time banking an alternative bartering systems. This economy has thrown away such innovative talent. Stop treating people like we are stupid. I haven't met one stupid person. Everyone has amazing ideas. We don't need the government to "give" as jobs. (A job is a right of every person, we all deserve to make a good living) We all already know what we want to do. If you want to be a lawyer/musican/chef go for it. But the fees that go along with that makes the process to long and exspensive. If you aren't working, it should be illegal for creditors to come after you. How is the current system any different from "debtors prison"? I mean a low credit score is the kiss of death. You get taxed on unemployment! That is double taxation. Is that to pay our debt to society? why tax the unemployed? People are not stupid or lazy, normally we have so many hobbies/interests/professions that we get exhausted and have to take a vacation. Most people don't care how much they get paid if they are truly passionate about what they are doing. At the least allow people to make enough to cover the basics. We already have the talent, the drive, and the resources, we just need the government to let us do it.
For a long time I've felt like people are held back from our true potential. Over the years I have met many, many bright people who go through life as if chained to their cubicles -- and those are the lucky ones who have jobs and careers. What is the hit to the economy, I wonder, when so many smart people are held back from their true potential as innovators, creators, hustlers by economic reality and the mediocrity that seems intrinsic to a steady paycheck?
One of the upshots of unemployment is that it gives you a chance to find out who you really are, what you really want, and to go for it. It's a perfect opportunity for self-reinvention, a catharsis that can lead to a more fulfilling, more prosperous life than the one left behind.
You're right that "the government" does have some laws and restrictions that hold people back. The fact that you can't start a business while collecting unemployment benefits in most states is a huge, glaring example. You should be able to start a business, and your benefits shouldn't stop until you have cash flow to keep yourself alive. When I look back on my situation -- denied benefits because I had started a business, even though it took many moons before I saw a dollar -- I get really pissed off about this. How much more effective would I have been, how much more of an asset to the economy, if I had not been sweating homelessness lo those many months! Hey, if somebody had read my business plan and given me a little capital (I mean a very little, like, under a million as opposed to the tens of millions some startups get), I'd be a freakin' tycoon by now, I'm pretty sure.
And I could literally write a book about all the things I think the government could do better to move us toward a sustainable economic model that would enhance the ability of people to shine and lead wonderful lives. But I won't, not right now.
That being said, I do believe that each of us is responsible for our own lives. There will always be obstacles and challenges in anything worth doing. You can sit around and blame "the government" or you can figure out how to deal with whatever it throws in your way.
Each one of us, I strongly believe, is great in some way. I mean GREAT. Personally, I bow to the divine in each person I meet, acknowledge it humbly in myself, and make a huge effort to eliminate any cruft that takes energy away from that.
We have bombed the crap out of Afghanistan and Iraq and for years now we have also been rebuilding what we destroyed. It's insanity. I am not wild about having to pay taxes for killing people and ruining their lives. If the gov't is going to piss my tax money away anyway, I would be happier if they did it by rebuilding the infrastrucute of THIS COUNTRY instead. Our water treatment facilities, water supply systems, electrical grids, bridges, highways are falling to bits. How abut some stimulus money to fix our problems???
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allow us to create our own jobs
I have had lots of ideas for years but patenting is to expensive. Just reduce fees and red tape. A patent for any idea should not cost more than $100. To start a business shouldn't cost anything more than $50. Allow for time banking an alternative bartering systems. This economy has thrown away such innovative talent. Stop treating people like we are stupid. I haven't met one stupid person. Everyone has amazing ideas. We don't need the government to "give" as jobs. (A job is a right of every person, we all deserve to make a good living) We all already know what we want to do. If you want to be a lawyer/musican/chef go for it. But the fees that go along with that makes the process to long and exspensive. If you aren't working, it should be illegal for creditors to come after you. How is the current system any different from "debtors prison"? I mean a low credit score is the kiss of death. You get taxed on unemployment! That is double taxation. Is that to pay our debt to society? why tax the unemployed? People are not stupid or lazy, normally we have so many hobbies/interests/professions that we get exhausted and have to take a vacation. Most people don't care how much they get paid if they are truly passionate about what they are doing. At the least allow people to make enough to cover the basics. We already have the talent, the drive, and the resources, we just need the government to let us do it.
-Anez34
You're definitely on to something
For a long time I've felt like people are held back from our true potential. Over the years I have met many, many bright people who go through life as if chained to their cubicles -- and those are the lucky ones who have jobs and careers. What is the hit to the economy, I wonder, when so many smart people are held back from their true potential as innovators, creators, hustlers by economic reality and the mediocrity that seems intrinsic to a steady paycheck?
One of the upshots of unemployment is that it gives you a chance to find out who you really are, what you really want, and to go for it. It's a perfect opportunity for self-reinvention, a catharsis that can lead to a more fulfilling, more prosperous life than the one left behind.
You're right that "the government" does have some laws and restrictions that hold people back. The fact that you can't start a business while collecting unemployment benefits in most states is a huge, glaring example. You should be able to start a business, and your benefits shouldn't stop until you have cash flow to keep yourself alive. When I look back on my situation -- denied benefits because I had started a business, even though it took many moons before I saw a dollar -- I get really pissed off about this. How much more effective would I have been, how much more of an asset to the economy, if I had not been sweating homelessness lo those many months! Hey, if somebody had read my business plan and given me a little capital (I mean a very little, like, under a million as opposed to the tens of millions some startups get), I'd be a freakin' tycoon by now, I'm pretty sure.
And I could literally write a book about all the things I think the government could do better to move us toward a sustainable economic model that would enhance the ability of people to shine and lead wonderful lives. But I won't, not right now.
That being said, I do believe that each of us is responsible for our own lives. There will always be obstacles and challenges in anything worth doing. You can sit around and blame "the government" or you can figure out how to deal with whatever it throws in your way.
Each one of us, I strongly believe, is great in some way. I mean GREAT. Personally, I bow to the divine in each person I meet, acknowledge it humbly in myself, and make a huge effort to eliminate any cruft that takes energy away from that.
Best of luck to you.
When life hands you sh*t, make fertilizer.
Let's Build New Bridges Here Instead
We have bombed the crap out of Afghanistan and Iraq and for years now we have also been rebuilding what we destroyed. It's insanity. I am not wild about having to pay taxes for killing people and ruining their lives. If the gov't is going to piss my tax money away anyway, I would be happier if they did it by rebuilding the infrastrucute of THIS COUNTRY instead. Our water treatment facilities, water supply systems, electrical grids, bridges, highways are falling to bits. How abut some stimulus money to fix our problems???