User talk:Tedburns

OK, first time here...lets see what happens.

Just an idle thought...

We are a united body of 50 independent states, governed by elected (ha...money interests) representatives. All of our "representatives" have vested interests, primarily, benefits beyond ours and getting re-elected.

Our founding fathers had the right idea at the time. 13 states, small population, easily managed (electoral college). We're the world's largest economy (maybe), huge population, major economic geographic differences, subject to politic and economic differences outside our control, and always in a war. I submit, we've outgrown that.

So, let's just suspose....

- Do away with 50 states idea....lets re-allocate into "economic zones", much like India and China. - Outsource management of remote members such as Hawaii, Alaska and protectorites to India. Charge for registration and support fees. You know, charge ongoing support fees and set up call numbers when catastrophies occur, which put you on hold and can't speak English!). (Hey, HP,Microsoft and FEMA do it successfully and make money!) - Divide California into "Entertainment", "Hi-Tech" and "Agricultural" zones....All of which need economic aid. - Desginate North Western States into Christmas Tree farms and Microsoft. - Designate Midwest into reproducable energy "corn, cow methane and pigs" zone. - Designate Southwest into solar zone (Arizona, Texas, New Mexico). - Designate Southeast into Mardi-Gras, Southern-fried chicken and Moonshine" Zone. - Designate North Eastern States into...whatever???

Now...we all solicit resumes from top-failing executives who collect millions for non-performance, primarily bank CEOs. We put their names into a lottery, we each spend $5.00 for a ticket, and spin numbers to elect our next leader.

Out new "leader" then selects close appointed "Czars" to oversee our new economic zones.

End result...nothing new! Same old, same old. The big get bigger and the small get smaller.