Of course this will not work in every situation but if implemented in enough work places using tax incentives for companies willing to use this strategy it could make a huge difference. The calendar does not need to change rotating shifts of four days on and four days off just means sometimes you will work on the weekend and sometimes you won’t

A person working this shift will lose 24 days out of the year. You will make less money and will have to adjust your budget. You will not loose your home and another person will save theirs. This is the most logical approach to this problem it is called sharing your hours.

If everyone is working it solves unemployment, prevents the need to raise taxes, and fixes healthcare, social security, the stock market, and the global economy. It also dampens the bite of working your whole life and retiring at an age where you are so old life is no longer enjoyable. Four days on and four days off is a fair work week where a person can enjoy their life and time away from work, their whole life.

I have been preaching this ideal for four years now to the white house, the speaker of the house and all who will listen to no avail. If listen to I believe the United States economy can recover in less than two years.

Dennis Muldrow

Verizon is raising their prices, so I just checked online and they are re-doing their internet plan options. Looks like they are offering 0.5-1.0 mbps at the lowest price, but they would like us to pay more to get the speed we already have at a lower price than their current cheapest option. Hm.

Why don’t we do universal broadband access and cut Verizon and MHC right out of the equation? Maybe we could get speeds like they have in the advanced nations, too.

Colleen Crowley

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http://www.sampratt.com/sam/2010/08/letter-to-the-editor.html

One consistent tactic on disjointed display here from the Mayor (and unfortunately also the City’s Waterfront consultants, who have politicized their own involvement) is to make everything into an exaggerated either-or choice.

It’s either industry or recreation. Blue collar jobs or tourism. Eminent domain or property rights.

The goal of these reductive and inflammatory scripts are to make it difficult for people to make informed and thoughtful choices. It turns people’s minds off to the many other options which fall in between seeming polar opposites (though a healthy environment often helps support a stronger and more sustainable local economy). It also discourages creative thinking which might arrive at solutions on another axis entirely.

In that black-and-white world, the Mayor and his allies don’t want people to hear that The Valley Alliance has suggested businesses such as boat-building be encouraged in the Waterfront Zone. And we’re not just building castles in the air; there’s a boat builder who moved to Hudson several years ago, who brought the idea to us. That’s an example of industry which is both contextual to the Waterfront, consistent with its history, and compatible with other uses. It’s one in which local students and young graduates could apprentice, learn a skilled trade, and make a good living.

Unfortunately, we have a local press which largely works to suppress information that doesn’t fit the usual political script. So it takes a while for that info to filter out to the public. Blogs like this are starting to play a part in breaking down that dynamic. So I look forward to future posts.