Resign.

Clean the wads of gum from under the desk and chairs left by Brat Baby Blunt.

Governor Nixon would do the future generation of our great state a tremendous service if better educational financing and interest free loans could be provided to students whose parents make less than $65,000 gross or students who are self-supported making less than $35,000 per year. Private loans are becoming increasingly expensive and adding unnecessary burdens to students as they graduate and attempt to enter a dwindling workforce.

Also, the St. Louis city schools are in terrible shape. The city has been unable to come up with a viable program to educate students in lower income neighborhoods. Since there is a smaller tax base, there is just not a lot of funding. Urban development should be a priority as well as bringing new businesses into the city.

…………He should take a lesson from Mel Brooks as the Governor in Blazing Saddles

“holy underwear!… we’ve got to protect our phony-baloney jobs gentlemen, we must do something immediately…harumph, harumph, harumph”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN99jshaQbY

Make job creation in Missouri his #1 priority.

Speed up capital expenditures like road projects, and make sure the companies that do the work are based here in Missouri, with Missouri locals doing the work. It will be no help to Missouri if we use our money to employ a Texas company that hires transients. The idea here is two fold – The first is to use our tax dollars to improve/repair our infrastructure. This makes us more attractive to companies that might want to locate here and to residents that already live here. The second reason for this (and the reason the companies should be local) is to get money flowing in the Missouri economy. If a worker lives here, his salary will be spent here, on food, housing, etc – and that will keep our economy moving.

The next thing he should do is attract new companies to Missouri. This may be as simple as pointing out our skilled workforce and attractive cost of living, or as complex as tax incentives. However it’s accomplished, Mr. Nixon should work hard to bring new companies to Missouri, and make sure existing companies have what they need to succeed – and increase hiring.

Thirdly, he should work hard to make sure that unemployed Missourians have the tools and information they need to find work. Matching willing workers with Employers who need them isn’t easy – but it’s worth it.

All of this focuses on the Jobs. If people are employed, they can spend money, pay taxes, and pay their bills. With the economic situation today, Mr. Nixon needs to do everything in his power to make sure there are jobs here in Missouri – because if there aren’t, the future here is grim indeed.

1. Eliminate Personal Property Taxes.

2. Freeze real estate taxes at the value the property was bought at. (Nothing is worth one nickle more than someone else is willing to pay for it). Otherwise make the assessors offer to buy the property at the price they assess it at. Only fair.

3. If government cannot operate at it’s current revenue value, cut programs.

Jay Nixon’s supposed to be a man for the people, prove it. Let us keep more of what we earn by our labor.

Great ideas Ananoman:

MoDOT - Exclude 98% of the expertise in roadway projects in America JUST so we can say it was built by a “Missouri” company. Since it is your idea, please share where in the state budget this money is going to come from. The last time I heard someone from MoDOT speak about road projects they had enough money for maintenance and resurfacing work only…

Attract new companies - Generally done by giving TIFs and other tax incentives, which will actually LOWER the tax revenue brought in for a specified number of years depending on the deal struck. That way maybe MoDOT won’t have the funds for resurfacing work…

Getting the Unemployed Work - Because Lord knows they don’t have any time on their hands to find work themselves.

You sound like a politician. “Make job creation the #1 priority.” Too bad you are also like a politician in that you have no fundamental plan to make such a thing happen. Everything you wrote sounds great but is totally unrealistic. Nixon isn’t going to create jobs any more than the Tooth Fairy is. Not because it is Nixon either, but because it is the greatest fallacy in all of politics that a governor/mayor/president can somehow create jobs…

My recommendation for newly elected Governor Nixon is to initiate action to prepare Missouri for the future. The first major action should be to aggressively move the state in the direction of energy independance. Missouri is already recognized as a leader in green building. Promote legislation to make Missouri a national leader in energy independance. Legislation that leverages off of the Federal Energy Act of 2006 that would offer rebates and incentives towards home builders and owners who build energy efficient residential and commercial structures. One specific action would be to pass legislation that allows the state to become a benchmark for other states. Supporting new building concepts such as Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF’s) for the other structure of both commercial and residentials building would enhance both energy and safety. This approach is a way to reduce the amount of energy formerly required to heat and cool.

Tim,

Angry much?

Your first post was a one word exercise in sarcasm, your second post was a play by play …ahem, ‘complaint’ session.

Do you have an idea that on topic, or is your goal just to carp all day?

Congratulate his predecessor on a job well done.