What are the three "innovations" that we would want a Governor to make to bring Michigan back to economic and fiscal health?
Lift the cap on charter schools and get more children at risk into a school setting so we can make sure that they do not become a drop out statistic?
We know that states that have high economic growth and job creation have high rates of people with college degrees. Shall we say to Michigan residents who do not have a degree that if you give the state two years of public service (teaching in an inner city or rural district with children at risk; working in community to help poor people develop job skills; etc.,) we will give you one year of free tuition at a Michigan university?
Take our highway rest stops and allow private businesses to lease them and run a restaurant or snack bar in them--they become responsible for maintaining the land, cutting the grass, plowing the snow, etc., etc.. No state money spent on rest stops.
What other innovations do we our next Governor to think about?
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I agree with having college graduates teach at inner city school. It's kind of like how other country's fill there military personnel quota.
ReplyDeleteA couple of problems might be, poor quality of education, not enough people in the corporate and private sector and too much control to the federal government.
My innovative way would be to either require or to offer student that are seeking federal financial aid to be able to work as a teacher to pay off thier student loans. Also, quality control and hiring process will be a factor (this part will be given to the local government. This way jobs are available upon graduating, federal loans are being paid back and quality of teachers will raise.
Another innovative way would have inmates do more labor. Our tax dollars are going to them being locked up, they should at least give something back to the public in return.
I think a solid innovation is a Michigan version of California's proposition 19. The legalization, control, and taxation of such a large cash crop would flood our economy. I believe it is time to rely on drastic measures to solve our economic issues. Though California's proposition is stricken with flaws and gray areas, a more reformed bill could do the trick.Our nation spends over 200 billion dollars on corrections and policing of drug related crimes, and almost half of these crimes are marijuana related. (TIME magazine) This does seem to be a hasty idea, but economists have agreed it would help get us out of this slump.
ReplyDelete- Jeramy Waterman