Transport Net

A nation; rich in tourism products, agri-business with some light manufacturing and extractive industries, must design and implement transportation policies that bring the highest levels of efficiencies to the movement of its people and, as a targeted consequence, its national productivity. Imagine no waiting around, a known fixed journey time at an affordable cost, it is possible with a little common sense and abandoning individual egos for the greater good, transport whenever it is needed, scheduling to save time, and standardization to reduce operating cost. The ideal is and requires local zoning policies; properly marked, changed and policed by regional local government bodies; industrial, commercial and residential, with privately owned vehicles not allowed on designated routes at peak times, special rules for cargo vehicles and using small, medium and large capacity vehicles for public travel in zoned areas.

Tourism Properties

Mature nations should leave Tourism Management to the private sector, while preserving public spaces as tourist attractions. This would under normal conditions require a sound Strategic Plan, a large initial investment in facility design, construction, and contracting a suitable operator, with financial projections incorporating routine maintenance and timely infrastructural upgrades. But it also requires, at the very least, a Government intervention every five years, such as the hosting of a global or regional conference with high profile attendees, international media coverage and catering for guest numbers of twice times the nations room stock. The intention being to positively advertise the location and its facilities cheaply or for free, earn profits to offset past or future construction cost, but mainly to stress capacities over its limits, to measure, gauge and improve supporting services.

Trust the Data

Data generating information and leading to intelligence coming out of the nation's Auditor General Office, Central Statistical Office and Central Bank, which is used to formulate ecological, social and economic development strategies, make knowledge based decisions and set implementation timelines, must be trusted by all groups of the society. Groups intended to distribute profits to its single or many owners via dividend payouts, so called (Profit-Sharing) private or public companies. Groups organized to keep profits for its future operations, so called Non-Profits or (Profit-Retaining). Groups that negotiate for working conditions, via individual or collective bargaining, so called Workers' Unions. Noting that, all such groups are and must be Profit-Making, as it is such profits that offer that crucially needed continuance, for Business must generate growth to paid salaries, taxes and continue, Unions must protect jobs and fair trade, and Government must balance its budget to improve living standards and protect the nation's most vulnerable.

Budgetary Forecasting

An independent office of budgets can forecast the executive’s plans and priorities without undue influence being placed on the figures. All development plans and request for increases in administrative funds from local or national and every branch of Government is cost by this office and reflects the projected revenues and of course, the earnings surplus or deficit. This office of budgets is not responsible for the calls (the types of projects or the salary increases) or the earnings (the taxes charged or collected). The job is to publicly report how the executive branch policies would affect the public purse, 1-5 years, and going forward.

Masking the Problems

Problems much like energy can not be created or destroyed but only transferred and in many cases such problems are deem to be solved by simply hiding it away. Problems are often misdiagnosed, in the first instance, as observed on a limited scale, from a single point of view, and by its effects upon a specific group. Problems are clearly multifaceted, when thought through it exposes numerous other problems if a single solution is applied and more than likely creates a greater amount of affected people than the original problem. Antisocial behavior, for example, is commonly dealt with by locking it away, keeping a community clean is to relocate its waste, modernizing a land transportation network is to lessen the need for excessive movement and managing an economy is to issue more money.

Expanding Tourism

Traditional tourism, targeting vacation seekers with sightseeing, sun, sea and sand products along with local foods, is no longer adequate as a national Economic Driver. Event tourism has and must be expanded and incorporated into the national Strategic Plan. Live performances, Sporting tournaments, Outdoor activities, Medical recuperation, Technology studies, are some of the new types of tourism models mixed into the traditional family vacation, to which the world is invited.

Growing Agriculture

Fiscal adjustments require more than expenditure cutting, increasing revenue is also vital. National revenue sources must be diversified into untraditional areas previously under developed in this economy. Generating new revenue sources and in such quantities that can help balance the national budget, reducing both existing borrowings and the need for new deficit financing, at the same time lessening debt servicing payments, and maintaining or adding to the nation's foreign currency reserves levels, are all laudable goals. Hence, the focus must now be squarely placed on and brought to economic areas, sectors and industries, in which there is a national competitive advantage that can meet these said goals.

Political Promises

In the first year of a five year political term, celebrating an election victory, rewarding candidates and key supporters with positions of influence; Ministerial Portfolios, Chair of Boards, Directorships and getting down to work. Learning about the true state of affairs from the permanent public officers, historical records, while seeking out corruption done in the last political term under the opposing party is common. Touring development works in progress, finding strategies to gain further political mileage, and identifying good people and companies from within, to do the necessary things that have to be done, while protecting the party image. Noting that, opposition and public criticism generally increases towards the end of the first year.

Selling State Assets

There is no need to dispose of state owed assets, new listings on the stock exchange can bring much needed cash into the treasury without losing the assets' future earnings capabilities, at the same time, forcing greater efficiencies by adding more regulations from the Securities Exchange Commission. Protecting employment, both Workers and Management jobs in line with performance, from threats associated with state funding and offering Investors peace of mind as to future annual returns.

We, the People

Society is form as groups of groups with multiple rooms of ideological walls, floors and ceilings, each with doors, inviting access and escape, and windows, allowing views and voices. Consider a ground floor housing the poor and uneducated, upper floors are for the middle classes and the penthouse is reserved for the wealthy. Opportunities through education and experience allow many to climb up, at lease to a certain level. Networking and risk-taking can elevate a few over many years to the higher floors. The very top are for those who understand, after a lifetime of climbing, it is not how much money one has or controls, anyone can win a large jackpot, it is about influence and power.