Had a radio interview last week, was asked to talk about unemployment…I didn’t really get a chance to share MY views but that is how these things go.

Here is what I wanted to get across:

your book title or area of expertise
Considering SomeplacElse
A modern myth about that last 5 days of a utopian experiment that was founded by a homeless man who was allowed to win the lottery.
I started writing this after being “laid off” from yet another “Blue Chip” Company for the 3rd time in my, then, 25 year career.

 

your website,
I have an ancient blog at SomeplacElse.com

 

a description of what you have to offer the audience

Renowned Physicist Richard Feynman had a saying “Perspective is worth 80 IQ points”
1. I try to offer a unique perspective in most everything I do AND I urge my readers to consider the possibilities afforded by merely allocating our resources Someplace Else.

 

Renowned eccentric genius R. Buckminster Fuller posed the question,
“If we do what Nature intended for use to do, will Nature not provide?”
2. While I am still not sure exactly what Nature intended for me to do, I have found that designing,
building and working in harmony with my environment has provided much more opportunity than merely going along to get along.

 

In the movie Unforgiven Clint Eastwood’s character states “Deserve’s got nuthin to do with it”
3. No one deserves to be unemployed, yet society seems to think YOU “lost” your job because YOU did something wrong.
In most cases the fault lies with an “organization” that failed to design, build and work in harmony with their environment.

 

Finally, JFK proposed a “Full Employment, Fiscal Surplus” economic model for the country.
The idea was that if everyone had a job, the country would be better off, and not just  financially.
4. While this kind of economic “stimulus” has fallen out of our rhetoric, from my perspective it’s time to resurrect it.

A. We could start by creating a national registry for the unemployed AND under-employed.
Unemployment is currently calculated by survey NOT by actual count, this is absurd.
(no it does not cost MILLIONS of dollars to build a website that works and it doesn’t have to be built by Canadians)

B. When we are ready to get serious about full employment, I would advocate a public works project to bring fiber connectivity to EVERY household in the USA.
Very high speed internet service would then be offered to every home at a minimal cost. (free to the unemployed)
THIS will have an even greater impact on this country than the Interstate Highway system of the 50s and 60s.

C. I have many other solutions, but they are limited to my perspective.
By considering the perspectives of others we can easily achieve Full Employment and truly solve just about any other problem facing this country.