tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post3816599156756322220..comments2023-10-11T10:57:26.122-04:00Comments on Gil The Jenius: False Dilemma, True OptionsGCSchmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-29389628136481597652009-03-06T20:31:00.000-04:002009-03-06T20:31:00.000-04:00It was fun for Me, too! I like your idea, for thou...It was fun for Me, too! I like your idea, for though it may have been meant as tongue-in-cheek, it has elements of usefulness in it that We should take into account. Well, you and I will, but not the people who make decisions on this...GCSchmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-60281947344479475532009-03-04T19:22:00.000-04:002009-03-04T19:22:00.000-04:00Hey - if it results in cutting away some low effic...Hey - if it results in cutting away some low efficiency government payroll, then a "dramatic" statement like 25% tax might just be enough to get the support of the average Medalla drinker... as long as they are not among the 40k.<BR/><BR/>I can live with that little white lie. Maybe it will be like when a domestic animal gets it first taste of blood, and re-discovers its origins. Maybe more "feeding" will follow.<BR/><BR/>In fact, let's not fire 40,000 at all. Let's (instead) send 120,000 home with full pay for 16 months and close down or lease out the office space they occupy now, cut air conditioning bills, slash equipment, services, and all operational expenses.<BR/><BR/>Provide all 120 with an electronic downloadable ebook (slash publication expense) series on entrepreneurship. Create a 20 million dollar forgivable small venture capital fund, and hire Grupo Guyacan to administer training. The fund will be dispersed to those who show viable business plans for "making government operations more streamlined and cost effective, with maximum use of ROI delivering technology".<BR/><BR/>Then let's find a state that has an outstanding online infrastructure and "lease it" from them plug and play style. Broadcast a user manual to the 120,000 home lurkers and tell them how vital it will be. In fact, tell them that we'll administer a series of tests on it in 12 months. The top 10,000 only will be re-hired as experts in the system and will return to government payroll long term.<BR/><BR/>As a part of the eligibility to write the test they must have successfully assisted 20 of their friends/family/associates in using the system to complete a transaction. If 20k of the 120k participate and do so, that's 400,000 citizens introduced to online services advantages. We'll borrow from social networks and send out emails saying: "I just renewed my boat license on servicio.pr.gov" ;) For those who can't do it themselves, I can assure their Emo/Rocker teen can figure it out. They can even have a Medalla while sitting in front of the Emo geek paying their parking ticket online, while they think about the line up they're not standing in.<BR/><BR/>Hire Tony Robbins to speak monthly at the Coliseo for the 120k. ;)<BR/><BR/>Etc... this was supposed to be a brief comment, until it became fun. ;)The Insiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01141271519765142626noreply@blogger.com