Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Here’s How to Manage Our Politicians
Vik Rubenfeld at Pajamas Media gives us a list of goals that we should establish for our politicians. The challenge is finding the mechanism for rewarding or punishing them for meeting or failing ot meet these goals.
GOALS
Effective management begins with the setting of goals. The single most important part of developing such an organization is the specification of the goals of the people. The goals must be long-term and evergreen. This would differentiate the organization from groups that focus on specific legislation.
Potential goals include:
National Security
GOALS
Effective management begins with the setting of goals. The single most important part of developing such an organization is the specification of the goals of the people. The goals must be long-term and evergreen. This would differentiate the organization from groups that focus on specific legislation.
Potential goals include:
National Security
- Safety of U.S. citizens at home and abroad
- Increasing GDP
- Decreasing deficit
- Decreasing debt
- Increasing average and median income
- Reducing unemployment
- Increasing life expectancy
- Reducing incidence of major diseases
- Decreasing cost of health care
- Per Founders’ intent rather than as a “living document”
- Reducing taxes
- Reducing legal regulations and restrictions
- Supporting appreciation of the Judeo-Christian Bible
- Reducing legal regulations and restrictions on U.S. businesses
- Increasing financial success of U.S. businesses
- Reducing cost to taxpayers
- Increasing test scores
- Decreasing dropout rates
- Reducing number of government employees
- Reducing state and federal spending
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