San Jose, August, 2010
To my friends and Candidates from California State, I would like to advice gently a few things to all of you. I hope you will study and complete it for our State best interests for our great America! This is an invaluable piece of advice for the coming election.
We all know not only our state has faced the nation entire economic downturn, from financial industry in crisis, auto business in collapse, home ownership in losing their American dream and more serious problem like healthcare and education in losing their funds to run. California itself has been among the state with highest unemployment rate, budget deficit, very expensive living costs. From energy to a parking spot, from a daily meal to movie ticket, from education to health care deductible check –up and so on.
We need a new vision from government leadership where can give back our principles so our economy can thrive again. We need a strong and clean state enterprise to put our “country first” theme, to make a serious reforms, to bring the bright future and hope for our children in many generations to come.
We all know that California State is the third largest State in the United State of America, with over 38 million populations, ranking the first in the nation. We are the eight largest economies in the world; our State GSP is about 1.9 trillion in 2009. California is a great State, inheriting a wonderful climate and weather from God, with 350 days of sunshine a year on average. The climate in California is generally warm and dry across all seasons. We are a leading State in technology and many other fields. We have a diverse population and the largest immigration movement. We are proud one of State with colorful cultures and ethics. We are also remembering that our state nick name is golden for the past, present and future, for this generation and many generations. We need to remain strong and competitive to protect and to grow our State in the right direction for our children future. Of course, it will not be enough to bring my point of views and present my problem solving concept here in one or two pages. I could write a book for it. I will try to lay out most priorities issues in the five-point- plan that will make all easy to follow to act.
The Five-Point Plan for our golden state:
Job Creating Reform: restore our Golden State to prosperity
We are in an emergency level within 12.3 percentage of unemployment. We need to stop our jobs sourcing out of the State. We need to create and make California comeback to work, to be one of technology and productivity leading on the World Economy. We should not only depend on Federal stimulus packages. We should not keep creating money by selling state bonds and treasuries and maintain an irresponsible and brainless spending. We need to be in the Vanguard State of a movement in many serious reforms from energy, immigration, education, union and ourselves, State Enterprise. Those reforms will bring significant results in creating more jobs to California. As I already mention above Union is just an old fashion barricade that makes us weak and less competition in our economy growth and expansion. We would not forget what benefits Unions have brought to our society in the past decades but we also need to make clearly Union is not politicians, and not State elected officials. We want to make sure Unions perform its roles well under controlling of State Government and regulations. State is ready to create more jobs by choosing and giving State contracts to local contractors and businesses. We have spent billions of dollars each fiscal year by giving away our money to other foreign companies by buying their supplies and products. We have lost our manufacturing jobs by outsourcing to foreign continentals for cheaper labor with less quality. All State Projects must have a fairly bid process for all local contractors, not to be favored by Union. We are in 21st century for doing businesses. We need to recognize the global pressure and competition as well as Unions. We want to share our responsibilities and stress Unions are not impact of our society today. Union must restructure itself and follow the flow of globe of human kind.
We all see the example of our leading Auto Industry in collapse last years because the weak and inefficiency management. More to mention to push hundred of thousand our hard working American in losing jobs. We must realize this is an old system of Union with high costs and lack of competitions to the global economy. If we are not strong and ready to emphasize the Union system; we are in trouble for doing and protecting our economic system.
Our State is one of largest economies in the World. We are a State, leading on a technology and energy. We need to be creative and vision. We need to be leader and motivator. We need a “welcome package”. This incentive package will include affordable corporation tax, cheap energy, comfortable license, and rewarding, for all corporations who have build plants, manufacturer present headquarters in our State for doing business.
Energy Reform: a God’s gift
By maintain our jobless rate under 5 percent and erasing all or and any poverty that occur in our State. We need all level of local governments. Union, school, agencies both private and public sectors get together for a big effort in saving and creating jobs. We have clean energy and public transportation are two majors of businesses here in California. We need to focus on for creating more jobs for our State by developing and investing in making free and clean energies for all single California households. Just make a simple calculation with over 39 million in population, and an average 10 million households. How much California has to spend over 100 million dollar each single day for energy cost? We should be a large clean energy supplier to ourselves and to other neighboring States. As I mention a “welcome package” above, we can provide for those plants, manufacturers and headquarters with a priceless energy. This is also a key to attract more business growth for our State and we have more jobs. We will have higher income tax revenue, more sale taxes, and less social benefit spending. We must recognize this is a huge energy cost for our State. We have a larger resources included scientists, innovators, inventors, investors and many technological researcher centers here in California. We must have a clean energy system which cost less for all Californians.
State Gov/Enterprise Reform: hold State Government Accountability
First, the State failed to recognize its incompetence and costly enterprise to run California. Second, the State failed to create a vision and having a weak leadership that can leads our State out of crisis. We must know this enterprise is a very complicated and a large one to restructure. Third, we failed to select right candidates for State to run this enterprise an economically and effectiveness as it should be run. There are a series of questions to ask our enterprise Government such as our taxes are now high enough, State structure is efficient and does not have the ability enough to run the big State like California? Or is it too large and too uneconomical organization for California? What about manpower resource. Technology that State has applied to the organization? These issues are not bringing a constructive enterprise government to run our State and hinder our economic prosperity. State needs to restructure this organization from manpower resources to their own legislations, from fiscal responsibility to budget and their own style of State spending. State should evaluate all manpower resources for its performance and apply more technology for a better operation. State must rethink about pension plans for the better California interests, not in short but long term. This burns billion dollar by fiscal year and we all know this is main reason to create a California budget deficit every year. We need to recommend the revaluation, regulation and correction all State Pension and non essential programs to cut State costs. We will recommend State at their effectiveness and efficiency organization from its size and performance. We will recommend State to reevaluate any agencies and organizations to be rewarded by State funds. If the State can relocate their manpower resources to the right place, at an appropriate agency. This is a big saving for our budget. It also recommends State to control the cost of living and the inflation in which distracts more people and businesses to move or relocate from the State. We should not over tax to cover for our irresponsible and unintelligent spending. We should make the right and smart choice when it comes to spending.
Immigration Reform: a Right thing to do now
We all know immigration is one of our big national issues but we are California, we must again to break a way and to be a leadership in this movement. This is a right choice to do for our great country. We have not falling back but have to face ahead with the matter and lead it to the bright future for all Californians. We have a largest population with over 2.5 million illegal immigration in California. They need to be legalized and be added in our revenue system. We need to do it by our heart and our interest by setting a time table for all to be legal Californians. This will bring a stable economy not only for our society from all social evils. The best benefits create a strong and well trained manpower resource for State. We need to remain a high productivity Economy. It also helps to increase our taxes revenue with less State budget deficit.
Education Reform: a Must for our future
One of our State biggest budget expenses is education. Absolutely we need to spend more money on our children education. But we have to spend the money efficiency and effectively. We have almost 1000 districts in California. Just image how much money do we need to this kind of overhead expenses? The money should spend on the classroom, supplies, and technologies for our children not for the heads of the district.
For our State and children bright future, we must continue to support and invest in our children good education. With a broken system it will never bring back our best education for all our young generations to come. We must to restructure and clean our education system with more policy and more competence to deliver to the best to our children. One competent education system is to help the inability of children to be good students for the future. A system that will deliver our smart children with an advance technology and tools for solid future. A system that can create a foundation for all our children with a career in research, and to develop their skills and ability for success. We have to make sure every level in State has obeyed the one system that measures all students with math, reading and writing skills. We want to make sure every tax paid dollars have is spend in the right and appropriate place for the best possible child’s benefit.
Yours truly,
Kenneth Phan
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