An Offbeat Suggestion

[ShinyTop]

I have noted with interest that many sports teams are now making salaries dependent on performance. How about we do that for the government. Let's start with the feds and maybe the example shown will spread to state and municipal governments.

So let's leave their salaries where they are now. And they get their full salary whenever their approval rating goes above, oh, let's say 75%. And then give partial payment for lesser percentages. When the rating falls below 50% they work for free.

We establish on line voting to be conducted once a quarter. Pins are used to verify one vote per person.

We give additional cash bonuses for performance in specific areas. For instance:

$20,000 bonus whenever the Illegal alien ( :friggin: undocumented) population falls below 10,000.

$20,000 bonus whenever our foreign trade is in our favor.

$50,000 bonus whenever our percent of unemployed among people wanting to work falls below 3% for 3 consecutive months.

If a particular Congressman's constituents vote him less than 40% effective he is immediately ousted.

If a particular Congressman's constituents vote over 50% than he is corrupt he is ousted and sent to live with Bubba in the state pen for a year.

Come on folks, this can be fun. Give some of your ideas of performance goals for our government.

[Coot]

We may have to start small, like giving them a gold star if they figure out how to get their heads out of their asses. After all, giving them money is how we got here in the first place.

[Techie2000]

We may have to start small, like giving them a gold star if they figure out how to get their heads out of their asses. After all, giving them money is how we got here in the first place.Nah. They are there because their constituents consciously and willingly voted for them.

[Coot]

Nah. They are there because their constituents consciously and willingly voted for them.Ahhh, the naivete of youth. Look to the mechanics of this presidential election my young friend. What will in all likelihood be the fielding of the two worst candidates in recent history (and in all likelihood American history) should show you that it is money that buys election showdowns; and it's not just presidential elections, this perversity filters right down to statewide and in larger municipalities, local elections.

[Stiofán]

Perhaps we could start out with making them fund their own retirements, buy their own health insurance in the marketplace, drive themselves around in their own vehicles and buy their own gasoline, and send their own children to public schools. Let them stand at the security line at the airport and get frisked, go down to the DMV to get their licenses renewed and do their own taxes.

Let them be real Americans, and see how they like it.

[Techie2000]

Ahhh, the naivete of youth. Look to the mechanics of this presidential election my young friend. What will in all likelihood be the fielding of the two worst candidates in recent history (and in all likelihood American history) should show you that it is money that buys election showdowns; and it's not just presidential elections, this perversity filters right down to statewide and in larger municipalities, local elections.The only reason money buys the elections is because the voters choose to let it.

[ethics]

I certainly like this idea and I mean that sincerely. Salary based on merit is what we all go through, sports players being one of them.

I would like to extend this and state that perhaps we can get international "players" and even attempt to trade our own for the better ones, even if they happen to be outside of America.

Like Havlat but despise Rumsfield? Offer Czech Republic some millions and trade them! Then negotiate a salary and sign them up for a contract. Infuse some bonus incentives.

Shiny, that's very original idea, a thinking outside the box. And even though I will never see this implemented, some form of this system should be at least thought about.

[cdw]

rofl and who is going to make the decisions of who is better, who isn't, what programs are good ones and what programs aren't, in order to decide who is doing their job? The public? Damn we are so divided now between what is right/good, etc how would we find a middle ground?

[ShinyTop]

Leave it to me and Leon. We can handle it. SM can be the tie breaker.

[Stiofán]

Time for anarchy if that ever happens.

[Fiona]

We may have to start small, like giving them a gold star if they figure out how to get their heads out of their asses. After all, giving them money is how we got here in the first place.:lol: rofl I swear I was gonna say that! :thumbsup:

[Fiona]

Ahhh, the naivete of youth. Look to the mechanics of this presidential election my young friend. What will in all likelihood be the fielding of the two worst candidates in recent history (and in all likelihood American history) should show you that it is money that buys election showdowns; and it's not just presidential elections, this perversity filters right down to statewide and in larger municipalities, local elections.hear hear, give the man a gold star! :)