Ontario Jobs Staple
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Let's start by defining our terms…
What is a ‘job’ ?
A job is a purposeful activity performed by a person whose effort must result in something of exchangeable value ( a product or service) that satisfies a want or need of others and for which these others are willing to trade with a product or service of their own in a free and mutually agreeable exchange .
What a ‘job’ is not.
Any human activity that is not designed to produce something for mutually agreeable, non-coerced exchange with others cannot qualify as a job. Examples: - activity resulting in the giving of a gift - is not a job - activity performed by a non-paid voluteer - is not a job - activity performed for enjoyment without remuneration paid by others - is not a job - unpaid housework – is not a job - a “labour of love” to tend a garden or care for someone else without pecuniary compensation – while laudable, this too is not a job. - A government position is not a job if the money used to pay salary and benefits has been taken coercively (ie by taxation) . This is why governments offer ‘positions’ and for-profit enterprises employ people to perform jobs.
Current Problem
The unemployment rate in Ontario is unnecessarily high and its productivity level unnecessarily low.
Short-Term Goals
Incremental, implementation, achievable goals.
Define politically achievable targets for each of the 8 suggestions below under long term goals. This can only be defined in the context of an elections and the battlegrounds staked out by the competitors.
Long-Term Goals
Ideally, in the long-run, the pure libertarian position. 1. Eliminate the Minimum Wage law. 2. Reduce or eliminate payroll taxes 3. Eliminate unions in the public and private sectors 4. Eliminate the wage and employment benefits advantages that public sector employees enjoy over private sector workers. 5. Eliminate inter-provincial and international trade barriers. 6. Eliminate all labour legislation that does not protect worker safety and property rights. 7. Eliminate corporate subsidies that protect industries from new competitors. 8. Eliminate government monopolies and oligopolies in the energy, education, entertainment, legal, alcoholic beverages, construction, public safety, telecoms and banking sectors.
Hard Questions
1. The minimum wage law eliminates competition from entry level or unskilled workers whose only initial advantage is the willingness to work hard and learn PLUS a low wage expectation. Without that first job, Ontario citizens are systematically excluded from the work force by politically stronger special interest groups such as unions. Why do we use government policues such as these to disadvantage one segment of society pure for the benefit of another ?
Policy Impacts
1. For the elimination of the minimum wage law to be truly effective in the labour market, many union labour laws must also be repealed and anti-scab actions by union members must be punished to protect the equality of labour opportunities for everyone.
Explained Improvement
1. Too much emphasis is paid to the value of a good education and not enough paid on the value of creating a work environment where everyone has the opportunity to work AND to build the skills, experience and employment track record that will help them to grow in their contribution to Ontario's productive output. It is only by increasing Ontario's productive output will our "economic pie" be able to feed our growing work force. A strong resume always begins with a good 'first job' regardless of the pay level - it is immoral to maintain public policies that rob citizens from the early work experience that will mean so much to their future as responible and productive citizens .
Summarizing Language
TWO adjectives, ONE noun
(Eg. Better, faster, healthcare.)
Jobs trump "positions'!
ONE Catchy Slogan
Eg. Wait any longer, and you'll be waiting longer.) Equal job opportunities for every productive worker!
ONE One-sentence quote
from a “candidate” (Eg. "My liver failed, and it took 9 years for the surgery"...)
ONE Three-sentence quote
from a “candidate”. (Eg. "I want freedom. I want choice. People don’t realize they are slaves.")
They moved 285 jobs from London to Michigan and took away my chance at getting a job - all because union rules prevented me for applying for one of those job at a lower wage.
TWO Charts/Graphs/InfoGraphics
(Eg. "Healthcare spending per capita trend")
High level bullet Summary
Short-term
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Long-term
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ONE economic concept
(Eg. “Laffer Curve”, "Supply the demand dead-weight loss")
THREE photos
define "what", Eg. "Durham Region Hospital", "Old People smiling", “Tree”, or a specific school that was in the center of recent controversy”)
Guidance For Candidates
Writing to be used in training, and support of candidates. Not for publishing.
References
...citations are necessary