Monday 30 November 2009
What do you want to see in a jobs program? ☀
Here is what I would like to see:
- Cancel all State and Federal offshore outsourced contracts. Bring those jobs back.
- Immediate freeze on all guest worker Visas.
- Mandatory Expansion of Nursing Schools with above market value Professor Salaries. Students must be permanent residents, U.S. citizens.
- Efficient Direct Jobs program based on what has worked and been the most successful in the past. Criteria is employment and public works projects have the most effectiveness, long term on the U.S. national interest and economy. Require U.S. citizenship or Permanent Residency for all jobs. No private, no-bid contracts. Require department be efficient and effective, under the same principles as a profitable private corporation. Employees can be fired for non-performance. Models are the CCC and the WPA.
- Tax credits and Grants for Businesses engaging in U.S. Citizen/Perm Resident Employee Training with retention of that employee at least 2 years.
- Expansion of College co-ops, internships and new graduate hires, with U.S. citizen, permanent resident status, by incentives and mandates.
- Investigate current age discrimination complaints and prosecute.
- Change unemployment to allow hours reduction, instead of layoffs, the difference in wages comes as supplement from insurance.
- Federal Backed Venture Capital Fund utilizing existing Venture Capitalists. All funded start-ups must be U.S. based and must hire U.S. citizens, permanent residents.
- Reform the SBA for corruption and inefficiencies.
- Require research grants to utilize U.S. citizens, permanent residents.
- Reduce Administration and increase Teacher, Research Salaries in all Public Universities (zero sum).
- Expand Vocational Rehabilitation programs which have past track records of success to those who have economic disadvantages, on a sliding scale.
- Sliding Scale Payroll tax holiday, based on Business profits of 2008 and 2009.
- Tax incentives revoked upon refusal to hire U.S. citizens, local residents.
- Requirement of all FCDCs operating in the United States to have a majority of employees be U.S. Citizens, permanent residents.
