Political ideas from Noahidism

[Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly]

'RECYCLED WATER'
Recycled water is actually very clean water and fine for drinking. If you watch docos on it, you will find it is very clean water. But it just has a stigma associated with it. However, if they recycled the water in plants on the edges of cities, and then pumped the water upstream quite a bit to pour it out into the rivers of our catchments, and let the water 'Naturalize', it would lose its entire stigma. The result would be enough clean, safe and 'Natural' water for us too drink, which has lost its stigmatization. A very fussy procedure, in reality, but its what people want anyway.



'GOVERNMENT BUSINESS ENTERPRISES - A PROPOSAL'
PROPOSAL
I propose the formation of Government run businesses (GBEs), especially in fields in which they can make money. They are a business enterprise established by the Federal and State Governments, the workforce of which is made up of centrelink payment recipients. I propose that, to be eligible to receive a centrelink allowance AND if one is capable of working to receive an income, then legislation be introduced making it mandatory that such recipients be involved in (apart from other legislated activities) the work of a GBE. GBEs could be made flexible to the requirements of the Private and Public Sectors in relation to each sectors unemployment rate. Theoretically, when the Private and Public sector Employment rate increases, GBEs could decrease staff numbers in a reciprocal response. Correspondingly, when employment decreases, GBEs could increase staff numbers in a likewise reciprocal response. Theoretically, through careful management, there is no real need for any citizen who desires to work and further their quality of life not to be able to gain some sort of working experience on a permanent basis (if such is what each individual desires), through the interaction between Private and Public Sector employment and GBE employment. It should be the goal of society to have every work-capable individual employed.
UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHY.
The advantage of GBEs is that they can provide permanent employment for the less 1success-oriented2 and 1skill-focused2 individuals (of which society will always have a certain percentage), to also be able to know that the broader society also desires them to be able to realize their dreams and aspirations. The prevailing philosophy amongst western economics is that each individual works to maximize their opportunities and advance themselves in the economic situation. The reality is that, while this has a degree of truth in it, many citizens are less ambitious in terms of career objectives and working to realize them, than more driven citizens. An intelligent and humane economic policy will take this socio-economic, anthropological reality into account, and shape policy accordingly. In essence we should ask, through knowledge of social history, what are the strengths and weaknesses of society as a whole. What are the capabilities of ALL our citizens. Government in Australia should, as all governments ideally should, be focuses on the standard of living for not just one special interest group or groups but aimed at satisfying the material objectives of ALL citizens great and small alike. The term 'Value Each Citizen' should be the core of the heart of every individual, group and political party involved in the business of administering and governing society. Because of this, it is important to assist, wherever and whenever possible, those less motivated citizens to likewise realize their dreams and aspirations.
A GBE which is carefully managed to meet the employment realities of a nation can provide a framework in which:
* Security....
* A sense of belonging
* A sense of contribution
* The realization that over the long-term, their economic situation will gradually improve (through the proposed incrementally increasing wage system)
* Actual contribution to the economy,
are realized.
Realistically, when unemployment is high, full-time permanent employment within the Private and Public sector systems cannot be realized for every citizen. However, even when unemployment is high, we still maintain a system of social payments (traditionally called social security, welfare or centrelink allowances) to those most greatly disaffected by the economic situation this is part of the compassion of Australian Society, and an important and vital moral and ethical precept. As we can maintain such systems, common sense dictates that while they are in place, it would be best to maximize their usefulness. Putting it simply, if we are providing allowances for citizens who are unemployed which is part of our obligations, based on physical needs it is in societies best interest to utilize this potential factor of production - labour - in the furtherance of the national economic situation. The work for the dole scheme is a current example of this in action. However, more can and should be done. GBEs have the potential to not only produce an income for those individuals disaffected by the economic situation during times of high private and public sector unemployment 6 but to actually contribute to the economic situation through government run business initiatives in areas which will be beneficial to Australia as a whole.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
For example, the textiles industry in Australia is almost extinct due to superpower china. GBEs in this area for which highly-skilled staff are not always required (which is often what the unemployed sector of society is replete with) could, primarily due to the simple fact that wage costs already being met by our social security obligations actually be able to compete with the imported products. Australia has many natural resources. Through various GBEs, many of these resources could be exploited at a low cost to enable Australia to be which is the ideal self-sufficient in more areas. These resources could be utilized by, for example, the textiles industry, to provide cheap raw material to produce low-cost goods. Naturally this economic reality is realized when private and public sector unemployment is high. When this is low, GBE output decreases. However, as private and public sector unemployment is in fact low at this time, the economic objective of full employment is still being met
UNDERCLASS
Would this create an underclass of workers through applying this approach? The stark reality is that, to create a better future for Australia, is the BETTER option for the economic situation of the nation for people in receipt of centrelink allowances to be physically employed and working for their allowance and contributing to the economic situation through the medium of the GBE (which will ultimately foster growth and economic prosperity) than not to be so utilized. Putting it simply, it is in their own and Australia's best long-term interest to be employed in a GBE 6 for whatever duration until the economic situation improves. Further, while critics may suggest employment in a GBE is of less value for the individuals sense of status, remaining in a GBE long-term means that their economic situation and thus status will improve (due to the proposed incremental hours and wage system). In regards to the notion of incremental wage increase over time, this will ultimately have to be flexible to the economic realities which face the nation at any particular moment However, an incremental wage system, to the point of which long-termservice is rewarded, should be feasible in some measure and is, of course, the ideal. It is only just and fair that people be rewarded for long-term contribution to the economic situation of the nation, with a corresponding and appropriate increase in their allowance, usually incrementally adjusted with a corresponding obligation to increase hours worked to justify such an increase.
POTENTIAL GBEs
*Textile, clothing and manufacturing industries
*Farming industries For example Fruits and vegetables. The same factors which make the textile industry feasible for GBEs (ie generally only a requirement for low-skilled workers), make this an ideal potential GBE market. Likewise, it could re-enter in a much larger degree Australia's internal involvement in this market, for which imports are strongly competitive
*In essence, any industry in which low-skilled workers could be utilized, that are not currently being greatly served by the economic situation in the private and public sectors.
LONG-TERM POTENTIAL
GBEs have the potential of revitalizing areas of the Australian marketplace which suffer due to global competition especially amongst low skilled working nations and their imports into Australia. GBEs are an excellent avenue through which Australia's own low-skilled workforce can be utilized. As the GBE becomes established, it may even potentially compete in the export market (which the low cost of labour suggests is possible). People employed in GBEs, due to the proposed condition that such employment be on a permanent basis 6 are also, through experience
gained in working in the GBE, capable of contributing their own ideas to the long-term prosperity of the GBE (as realized in all companies). Human nature teaches us that when people are part of an endeavour, and feel as if they are being made use of in an appropriate way, are often more willing to contribute ideas that will enhance the economic prosperity of the organization of which they are a part. In essence, if they feel they have a long-term stake in the initiative, which the GBE should ideally be able to realize, they are far more likely to act in the best interests of the organization. They would sense that it is furthering their future economic prosperity by doing so. Ironically, more career focused individuals within the private sector often act primarily to achieve their individual career objectives, often resulting in organizations losing vital labour resources, which they had often worked quite hard to obtain. Low skilled workers in GBEs are usually more desiring of permanency in employment often understood as a form of security but have the long-term potential of contributing not only stability to an organization, but reliability of the labour factor, which will more greatly help an organization meet its organizational objectives. NOTE: The innate human desire for permanency in various situations such as marriage, club membership, sporting team affiliations, employment and other areas, really needs to be taken into account and realized when formulating economic policy. The labour market is a mixture of those looking for ongoing change of employment to satisfy career objectives, and those who more greatly desire permanency. Sensible economic policy will be formulated taking into account thissocial reality. The recent economic attitude of continuous training of workers while appropriate for an economy of ever changing economic variables (such as supply and demand, technological innovations, environmentalconcerns etc), is not as greatly needed for certain industries, such as textiles, manufacturing, farming etc the very industries in which low skilled workers can be placed, and GBEs become a reality.




'THE AUSTRALIA PLAN - NATIONAL OBJECTIVES'
Australia has a constitution. It has a legal framework to settle disputes amongst its citizens. Yet, till now, it has been the part of Australian Citizens and groups and organisations within the Australian Community to form their own plans and objectives for life, if any at all. Political parties also represent a general plan of sorts in their political philosophies. Yet a nation of the 21st and 22nd centuries and so on need a specified Document, similar to a 'Constitution' or a 'Bill of Rights' which establishes the core mission statement of the nation and its key and agreed upon National Objectives. It cannot be a partisan plan - controlled and voted in on by one party only. It needs to be a united position representing the voice and will of the Australian people. Within this plan such structures as Governmental support and planning for businesses and other organisations with a 'Government Service Worker' (GSW) assigned to a Government Sponsored Organisations (GSO), a legal Australian Organisation or Institution whose membership or workforce exceeds 500 individuals (as a suggested number) whose objective is to assist and help prosper the organisation to meet its own objectives and stay afloat while, at the same time, retaining its contribution to society and the objectives of the Nation as a whole. A GSW should naturally be assigned to all business, as an example, whose workforce numbers is 500 or more, to aid the business in its ongoing profitmaking initiatives or its voluntary mandates. The Australia Plan needs to focus Australia and Australian citizens on a purpose for the nation, and give a sense of meaning and life objective for the individuals within the nation, especially when many individuals often lack a clear purpose and sense of direction in life.
Yet not only Australia, but the UK, USA, Ireland and all nations of the world really should have a core working 'Agenda' or 'Plan' which spells out its own purposes as a nation and results it is attempting to achieve on the various facets of national life, commerce, culture and even philosophy.

'THE NEW OLYMPICS PROGRAMME'
The 4 Years (4 Seasons) Olympics - The New Programme
The Summer Olympics - 2016 Rio
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Field Hockey
Football
Golf
Handball
Modern Pentathlon
Rugby Sevens
Shooting
Table Tennis
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Beach Volleyball
NOTE: Further expansions and neglected sports could be included quite easily now
Autumn Olympics - 2017 Kingston upon Hull (Suggestion)
Equestrian - Dressage, Eventing, Jumping
Fencing
Cycling
BMX
Mountain Biking
Road
Track
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Judo
Taekwondo
Boxing
NOTE: Further expansions and neglected sports could be included quite easily now
Winter Olympics 2018
As Usual
Spring Olympics - 2019 Canberra (Suggestion)
Diving
Swimming
Synchronized Swimming
Water Polo
Sailing
Rowing
Canoeing - Slalom. & Sprint
Gymnastics - Artistic, Rhythmic, Trampoline
NOTE: Further expansions and neglected sports could be included quite easily now
I have often felt that the coverage of the Olympics in this modern era focuses on a sport so shortly, that we hardly get time to settle on something, and then we are moving on to something else. There are so many sports to cover at each summer olympics, that we often lose track of what is going on. There are TOO many, really, for one games now. IF we were to split the summer games into 3 alternative years, with an Autumn games following after the summer games - then the normal winter games - and then the third split of the remaining events for the spring games in the fourth year, it would work just so much better. You could even expand each games slightly if you needed to. It would make it a lot easier for Television coverage, you could have a better idea of how you are going overall in your support AND:
We could make it a 4 year Tally instead, adding up ALL the medals from ALL 4 Olympics, for the final 4th year standing. 1) Summer, 2) Autumn, 3) Winter, 4) Spring, then the tally




'MEGA-CITIES'
The idea of Mega-Cities is to put aside a suburb of about a square kilometre. You build huge skyscrapers in the suburb - 2 dozen or so - going up 3 or 4 miles or even more. One of the scrapers is a food production scraper. You have a sewerage system in the basement, you use a series of mirrors to reflect the natural light from outside on each level, you have solar powered sheets on the walls of the scraper for energy, and wind turbine energy generator on the roof. On the hundreds of levels you have aquaculture, horticulture and farming industry. Use soil - the world has plenty of it - and place earth and grow grass on the soil within each level. The natural lighting from the mirrors helps it grow and with the energy from the solar and wind generators you can use additional lighting if necessary. There needs to be appropriate air conditioning and appropriate water recycling systems used for the food tower. In the remaining scrapers you simply house people. With the huge height of the mega city scrapers we can now build, potentially millions of people or more could fit in a standard suburban mega city.


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