Teaching the Parents

Education is a corner stone of a great society and as such, must be adequately funded and accessible and available to the entire population. Failure to do so will lead to more money being spent on national security. Learning is a constant that happens in any circumstance, from birth to death and at any location, but teaching needs a formal setting and an equipped (classroom, laboratory, grounds, etc.) site to be effective. Curriculum or course design requires research and development and must be constantly updated and understood by the teachers who are to deliver it. A safe living (home and neighborhood) environment is essential to learning.

Efficiency drives Business

Along with Religious morals and Government regulations, Business activity is one of the corner stones of a great society, delivering essential goods and services directly or indirectly to consumers, creating and sustaining the desired economic activities that fuels growth and improving upon the existing standard of life. Business cannot achieve its core objective, provide jobs or offer a reasonable return on investment without being mindful of the actual and attainable levels of efficiency.

Efficiency; the ability to get things done without waste of energy or time, using processes to generate solutions, paying fairly for and encouraging productivity and innovation, making the best out of the least, none of which can be measured using a balance sheet or budget.

Agriculture Issues

Any plan to deal with Agriculture and Food Production has to be discussed in terms of financial feasibility and social responsibility. Agriculture must be seen as both a money making venture and as a health security issue. It is the profit-making aspect of the sector that encourages the risk-takers to invest; the capital component, the skilled personnel, the time and effort. The haunting reality that the human body must have proper forms of nutrients to be healthy and productive must drive Governments’ actions.

Buyer Beware, Seller Be Careful

People have always expected more from their leaders, even when they understand that expectations are similar to a quenchless thirst, the more you get the more you want. Today’s leaders fully recognize that an educated population is essential to improving lifestyles and will question each and every decision along the way, thus challenging the leadership. Many wanting to go slower, study and analyze the direction plotted and take stock of progress. Others want to go faster, build and expand upon the existing facilities and provide for the future now. This division is political and if the “many” outnumber the “others”, the election winners set the agenda, the pace and are responsible for the state of the economy. Hence, all public financial projections or budget statements are political in nature.