Alex Martin for South Dakota State Senate, District 20

  In Inc. magazine, Dr. Yunus discusses  has the 5 steps a social business owner can use to have great success in creating jobs (article is written by Maureen Kline): https://www.inc.com/maureen-kline/5-steps-to-building-a-social-business-according-to-muhammad-yunus.html " 5 Steps to Building a Social Business, According to Muhammad Yunus" "Dr. Yunus believes his model for social business can and should be replicated widely. Here are his tips for those interested: 1. Don't be a job seeker, be a job creator. Dr. Yunus notes that a rising number of highly educated university graduates is coming into a working world that does not offer nearly enough good jobs to match. When young people ask him where they can find a job, "I say getting a job is an old-fashioned idea, just forget about it," he recounts. Instead, he offers no-interest financing to back their entrepreneurial ideas. 2. Focus on a problem. Think big, like he did. Focus on unemployment, or lack of ...

 445? This is 445 new Covid-19 cases in South Dakota. A record. Who has been running the State since 1979? Republicans. This is the HIGHEST ONE DAY total, EVER. Who is responsible? Republican leadership (Governor) and all the people who are running around in public WITHOUT A MASK. Here is what I recommend. Any elected official can resign, and say, Shucks, we didn't provide good leadership. That takes humility. Science says--if we all take preventative measures (wearing masks, social distancing, avoiding crowds) the numbers will go way down. In the absence of any Republican leaders resigning, it's up to us to do 2 things: 1.  Replacing them with new leaders, with you voting on November 3.   Right now, the only alternatives are Libertarian or Democratic candidates.  Vote Libertarian, for more freedom! 2.  You have LOTS of freedom, compared to N. Korea or other counties.  WEAR your mask today, so in 2 months, we will be DOWN to 0 or 1 new cases a day, ins...

  The great Ruth Bader Ginsburg died just last Friday. Let's listen to Mitch McConnell (Republican- Kentucky) speak to us in 2016: "The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President."   https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell#2016 Here's what McConnell said in 2016: February 13,  statement  on the day of Scalia's death: "The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president." February 16,  Washington Post  op-ed with Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa: "Given that we are in the midst of the presidential election process, we believe that the American people should seize the opportunity to weigh in on whom they trust to nominate the next person for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. It is today the ...

   “The word impossible has been and must remain deleted from our dictionary” –  Ingvar Kamprad "Ten minutes are not just one-sixth of your hourly pay; ten minutes is a piece of yourself. Divide yourself into ten units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activities. Most things still remain to be done.” –  Ingvar Kamprad https://addicted2success.com/quotes/36-intriguing-quotes-by-ingvar-kamprad/ There is no impossible. Ten minutes is a huge chunk of time.  Did you spend it building something great, which will help humanity 24 hours a day? These great ideas and attitudes can help you build amazing businesses and achieve "unrealistic" goals. A Libertarian Governor and 55 Libertarians elected in 2022.  Imagined.  Done. Check. 9 Libertarians elected to State Senate of South Dakota in 2020.   Imagined.  Done. Check. What HUGE Dream can you commit to an index card or a piece of paper?  Then, you CAN do it. Imagined....

There is a great article by Dr. Drew Starbird, called How To Create A Job.  (On Santa Clara University's website).    https://www.scu.edu/mobi/resources--tools/blog-posts/how-to-create-job/ He says: "Last fall I attended the  Give2Asia  Ignite + Inspire Gala in San Francisco. The keynote speaker was Muhammad Yunus, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. .... One of the things that Dr. Yunus said was that teaching people to look for a job is an obsolete concept. His advice for students: "Tell yourself repeatedly that  I am not a job seeker, I am a job creator .  And act like a job creator, think like a job creator." " He concludes his article by saying " One of Dr. Yunus’s most compelling predictions is that by teaching our students to create jobs, we will be working toward a world with almost zero unemployment. Now that’s an intriguing idea." Zero unemployment?  Wow!  It can happen! When you create you...

Remember, great things start now, as soon as you think about them!    What great things would you do, if you KNOW it is impossible to fail.  As in, you try, you succeed, always! Here's the Answer- DO something NOW!  Succeed anyway! You have the power- to think and do!  You can create what is stunning and exquisitely good! Do unlimited good!   (It is possible). Think about  what Swedish billionaire Ingvar Kamprad (founder of IKEA) said: " Time is your most important resource. You can do so much in 10 minutes. Ten minutes once gone is gone for good." Be a 10 minute "billionaire" like Mr. Kamprad!  In 10 minutes, you can create so much, you can help so much, you can help people think of freedom and joy! DO impossible things in 10 minutes! Good things, money, great journeys, you can have and do all these things, and you can do them as "micro" 10 minute projects! Kamprad also said:  "Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with litt...

 Here is a radical BIG IDEA: Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with little money. Ingvar Kamprad            https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ingvar_kamprad_322821 Kamprad is the founder of IKEA, a billionaire who believed in every man and woman. Isn't this how South Dakota government should be?  Is the Legislature, Governor and Executive branch and the Judiciary forward-facing, serving the people every second? If not, I believe the Libertarian Party is dedicated to you! Economic and personal freedom for you is the important foundation of our Constitution and government. What good is an impersonal government, if it doesn't recognize your liberty to run your own business, or be a valued employee?  What good is it, if all our personal freedoms are not recognized and the government basically says:  You serve us!  You do what we tell you. Thinking of Kamprad's BIG IDEA, serve everybody--it is such a radical starting poin...

Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. by Lewis Carroll from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland   What 6 "IMPOSSIBLE" things would you do? You might think, the Legislature or Governor won't do anything good. Here's the Answer- DO 6 IMPOSSIBLE THINGS! You have the power- to think and do! Do unlimited good! How about this-- The Republicans have won the last 11 races for Governor since 1978. OK--here's the new reality. The Libertarians and Democrats will win the next 11 elections for Governor! When you choose your 6 "impossible things" to do (with joy!) think of what Swedish billionaire Ingvar Kamprad (founder of IKEA) said: " Time is your most important resource. You can do so much in 10 minutes. Ten minutes once gone is gone for good." Be a 10 minute "billionaire" like Mr. Kamprad! DO impossible things in 10 minutes! What impossible journeys would you make? What impossible sums of money wo...

  Ahhh! You might say, Yeah, I vote and do things, but nothing ever changes... You get frustrated.  You say, Why Vote?  Why try anything? Here is what I say. Don't focus on what the majority does! Did the majority of people invent the lightbulb?  Invent the airplane and jet?  Create a computer inside a cell phone? Judge not what people do. Let it go. Instead, believe that you can do EVERYTHING important to you (and thus your family, friends, pets and planet) in 30 minutes a day! Maybe 10 minutes a day! Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor.  (Rumi) As you start to walk on the way, the way appears. (Rumi) The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are.(Rumi) Nothing gets done?  That's great.  That is the old way of looking at things. Everything gets done?  Effortlessly?  No labor?  Of course! It can be done, as you relax and concentrate on the vision. Your vision is cl...

 News reports are that right now, 2 big ice shelves in Antarctica and 1 glacier in Greenland have broken off and are melting. The sea levels will rise. It will affect Miami and New York and New Jersey and Bangladesh and the Maldives first. What should we do? Nothing?  And let our children and grandchildren deal with the consequences? Or do something great?  Create new jobs, burn less carbon, and bring the atmosphere more in balance? If you are in the minority, you will say 97 % of the scientists are wrong, and the medical doctors are wrong on Covid-19, too.  If that is you, PLEASE do not vote for me.  Either don't vote, or vote Republican. But the majority of us are concerned. Should we wait for the State of South Dakota to ramp up programs to lower the carbon in our atmosphere? No.  Don't wait! Start a social business that will solve the problem in South Dakota!  Create 100 jobs doing it! Create an all electric car/bus fleet that will take people from...

 In a talk at Wharton School of Business at University of Pennyslvania, Dr. Yunus tells us howwe can be victorious world wide: "We are human beings, and we are not born on this planet to work for somebody else.  They are an independent person.  They are an enterprising person,  That's our history.  That's in our DNA. ...We went ahead and got things done.  That's what we're known for.  We are go-getters.  We are problem solvers.  ...  Human beings are not born to end up spending their whole lifetime working for someone else. And when you become an entrepreneur you have two options.  You can run a business to make money for yourself, or you can run a business to solve people's problems.  And you can do both.  You can have a money-making business for yourself, and you can have a social business for yourself, and you feel good that you are doing something that touches the lives of so many people around you." (From:  Why a...

I'll give you a quote, and you can make your reality from it every day, golden, endless, victorious. Here's the quote: "The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.   "    Arnold Schwarzenegger Construct anything.  Say your dream in one sentence. Anything. I will help 100 kids through college. I will create 100 amazing jobs. Envision it.          I will give to help create an amazing life for 10 people (as a mentor). I will live where I want to live, do what I love doing, and help many people. Suppose you think:  "OK, a business of mine that earns 10 million dollars a year, creates 30 great jobs and I live an amazing life.  I am very grateful." What did Arnold say?   Envision it--see it in your mind.  Then 100% believe in it.  Always! Construct your own sentence. If your dream, your heart's desire sounds crazy...

  What if you can succeed at anything? What if the people you voted for.....WON! What if you earned $500,000 a year and hired 2 people so you could spend more time relaxing or traveling? Ahhh, but we have a Pandemic here.... Taxes are what they are... I am looking for a job, but ..... You can understand now... Created as you are, you are always a Success, every day of your life! Simply ignore the hub bub. Health, happiness, success, friendship, love, they exist in PROFUSION. Simply learn to enjoy them every day, as realities, as you live and make the world better. Everything changes... Decide now, to be the change, be great for yourself and others. You can.  You always can! As a Libertarian candidate for State Senate,  I will always encourage you to go for your highest dreams! Deep in your heart, what would you actually LIKE TO DO?  What would give you the greatest joy? Start doing it TODAY! " If you want to turn a vision into reality, you have to give 100% and never...

 May 19, 2020 edition of the Deseret News had a great message from Dr. Yunus: Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus: A post-pandemic world should deliver a new future for capitalism " The coronavirus suddenly changed the context and calculus of the world. It has opened up audacious possibilities that never existed before. Suddenly we are at the tabula rasa — the blank slate. There has been so much destruction that we must rebuild. We can go any direction we want. What unbelievable freedom of choice. Before we truly restart the economy, we must decide on what kind of economy we want. First and foremost, we have to recognize that we are the economy and “the economy” is a means.   It facilitates us to reach the goals set by us .   We should not forget for a moment that it is a system or tool made by us. It should not behave like a death trap. We must keep on designing and redesigning it until we arrive at the highest collective flourishing, resilience and happiness." We ARE the eco...

Associated Press reports:  " South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration announced Tuesday that it is using federal coronavirus relief funds to pay for a $5 million tourism ad campaign aimed at drawing people to the state, even as it emerges as one of the nation’s top hot spots for COVID-19 infections." Federal money for coronavirus RELIEF, spent on an ad?  When more tourists arrive in the State, will the virus infection spread more? Suppose you are Governor. Instead of an ad that increases the likelihood of South Dakotans will either get infected or infect other Americans, you decide to do something radically different. Suppose you receive just 1% of that-- $50,000. What can you spend it on, to make things better? 1.  More masks, to make sure people are safer and do  not get the virus. Remember, most masks are 98% effective, which is a lot better than 0% (going inside without a mask).  50,000 masks. 2.  Free testing for Covid-19, so those that are sprea...