One of Obama’s stated goals is to add 5-million new jobs over ten years. His plan? A combo of creating jobs through infrastructure, green technology, and also some “restructuring” of private enterprise that will allow the numbers to show “transferred” jobs as “new”. Anyhow, creating 5 million new jobs is a worthy and lofty goal. But, Obama… I have such a simplistic plan for you. So, if you are listening, here it goes:
BTW, this idea came from Dan Kennedy’s NO BS Marketing Letter. If you aren’t getting your copy, shame on you! =)
There are only 1700 large businesses in America. If each of these large companies (instead of downsizing) added 10 new employees, we would have only created 170,000 new jobs. However, there are (roughly) 24 – million small businesses in the U.S. If ONLY the TOP 20%… most forward thinking, most growth-minded, most committed entrepreneurs… added just ONE NEW employee, well… that would instantly create 4.8 million jobs. Mission accomplished! =) I am wondering if any of his “expert economic advisors” will show him this little snippet of truth before enacting any higher tax penalties for this top 20%.
The following, I will quote directly from one of the most brilliant economic minds of our time: Dan Kennedy.
“…Just get out of small business’ way….. [the only] endangered species we need to worry about is the guy or gal running a small business… beleagued at every turn… You know this song. You don’t need the sheet music. Incredibly the spirit of the entrepreneur is so resilient, we stubbornly get up each morning, polish our swords, and head out the door, no matter how the fire-breathing dragon population may have multiplied overnight. Now thats the REAL audacity of hope. Hi Ho, Hi Ho, its off to slay the dragons we go. And it’s a damned good thing we do, because if those 24-million small businesses all elminiated just one job each, that’ll be 24-million folks added to the unemployment rolls overnight. Ooops. So we can all be grateful for each other and our shared insanity…. So, if nobody else has said thanks to you this month for being Atlas and carrying the economy on your shoulders, I have. Please don’t shrug.” Love it, Mr. Kennedy. And thank YOU… for ruthlessly leading the charge of ambitious entrepreneurs worldwide.
Awesome Michelle!! I am hoping in this upcoming year I can be one of those that add 1 employee to my small growing business! Thanks for writing such worthy information.
Great Plan! It would be cool for me to do that!!