In August 2020, despite the pandemic, here;s the Unemplpoyment rates for our 3 counties:
Jerauld County 3.0 %
Aurora County 3.4%
Davison County 3.9 %
https://data.democratandchronicle.com/unemployment/jerauld-county-south-dakota/CN4607300000000/
Now remember that our 3 county area (District 20) is TWICE the size of Hong Kong. Yes, Hong Kong would take up HALF the availableland in the 3 county area! 7, 400, 000 people, too!
So where is the Vanishing Point? The point at which Unemployment goes to ZERO?
Dr. Yunus says some very exciting things in a speech he gave in November 2018, almost 2 years ago.
His book is called A World of Three Zeroes. He is talking about how unemployment, poverty and net carbon emissions get down to ZERO.
He speaks in Barcelona, Spain:
"FINANCIAL SERVICES ARE LIKE OXYGEN. WE NEED IT TO BREATHE, WITHOUT IT WE COLLAPSE. THE ABSENCE OF FINANCIAL OXYGEN MAKES PEOPLE COLLAPSE, MAKES PEOPLE DYSFUNCTION, AND WE CALL THEM POOR PEOPLE. THE MOMENT THEY ARE CONNECTED TO FINANCIAL SERVICES, THEY BECOME ALIVE, THEY BECOME ACTIVE, THEY BECOME CREATIVE. "
So he offered Financial Services to the very poor in Bangladesh in the 1970's and it was revolutionary.
He looks at the current capitalist system and wonders whether we can make it BETTER.
"Can we make it a two-way process? What comes up, comes down, a circular process, can we do that? Can we do a one-way process, that all the wealth that is accumulated comes down and is shared? Can we do that? Of course, we can do that! For the simple reason that a human can do anything they want if they pay attention. It happens because we don't pay attention.
WE CREATED THIS SYSTEM, WE CAN UN-CREATE IT, MAKE IT DISAPPEAR, IT'S POSSIBLE."
What a great idea! We can actually create an economic system , where wealth is shared?
Professor Yunus continues: "If you are poor, you are poor in debt, very easy, very common. And so what can we do about it? There is the charity way; give money, but I wanted to do it in a different way, in a business way, money comes, works, and comes back down. So every time I see a problem, I create a business to solve it. So I created many different businesses: very common. What was uncommon, is that I never wanted to make any money out of it. [People say], "but it’s very strange, it is a business, you should make money!" I do this because I want to create a business solely focused on solving the problem… then comes the money. If I create a business to make money, I would look at the things where I can make money, and I am not solving people’s problems.
I feel that businesses should focus on the problem, so that problem gets solved, but money comes in. So these are the kind of businesses that I have created over the years. And I started calling them: Social Businesses. A non-dividend company to solve people’s problems. Then people say, "this is not a business, you are just confusing people." I say, “no, I am not confusing people, I am just creating a different kind of business, that's all.”
Then Dr. Yunus said:
"Suppose [that in] the whole world, (just for imagination), all that exists is social businesses. Two things would happen. One, more of the world problems would be solved by the business itself. At the same time, less and less wealth will be centralised because the profit doesn't go anywhere. It's of benefit to the business itself."
Here's what will happen. As more and more businesses become social businesses (over time), profits won't disappear at the top of the pyramid, where a software billionaire buys a Hawaiian Island. Profits will stay in the companies and what will get paid out will be MORE jobs, at HIGHER PAY, and BETTER working conditions!
So poverty and unemployment CAN disappear with this (even in a lower unemployment, lower wage state as South Dakota), also companies will have more profits to become GREEN companies, so we will then have ZERO Net carbon emissions, which is the third ZERO.
This is exciting! New businesses (social businesses) solve three very basic problems. Wages go higher, working conditions become better, and everyone's wealth increases. And it's still capitalism.
Of course, there will be individuals who will want to accumulate 5 or 10 or 100 Billion dollars, but their overall impact will be less and less as the social business movement continues and increases.
Vanishing Point was a great movie in 1971. What is the Vanishing Point of Unemployment in our 3 counties?
It is the moment we start acting with a vision, a belief in This is the Way it can be done!
Your social business can be a vehicle by which you and 10 other people will have great jobs and great benefits, and we will be that much closer to the Vanishing Point!
Great new jobs, higher pay, creating jobs with joy--this is us getting much closer to the Vanishing Point!
Dream big!
Vote Libertarian!
Vote for Alex Martin, District 20, State Senate!
Thank you very much!
Paid for and authorized by Alexander Martin, Box 231, Mitchell SD 57301
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