Q1: Is recycling important? (not sure what to put here, but I think this question sums it up)
Idea Description
Individuals on welfare, until they are gainfully employed, should be required to sort through the trash at their local landfill for recycling, in order to have welfare benefits, and maybe even get paid a minimal wage. If they have children, a nearby childcare facility would be provided for, at a minimal cost. Also, put non-voilent criminals to work sorting the trash in landfills to be recycled.
What will you do if you win $10,000 for this idea?
I would write a business plan, then probably contact my local city/state government, to work out the logistics of the idea, legally register the company to start such a business, determine the equipment, people, etc. (the overhead) required for such a business, and determine the approximate costs.
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I like your idea; I want to improve your odds of getting funding I will vote for your idea if you will vote for mine. My idea is for a web site that raises money for inventors and entrepreneurs called New Idea website Check out my idea blob submission and visit New Idea Website and see what I can do for you. http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/4060-NEW-IDEA-WEBSITE The need for jobs is one of the biggest problems that a democratic government faces because creating jobs is an unwanted byproduct of business and industry. The reason I say its unwanted is the more jobs a business creates the more its expenses are and the smaller it’s bottom-line. If business and industry have their way they would run their companies with no jobs at all no management or labor. To deal with this dilemma I pr…moreopose a federal venture capital carrot fund that literally pays entrepreneurs to create jobs. The investment bank would be expected invest in seed level startup projects like yours and to lose money at a specified dollar per jobs ratio for example during hard times that figure may be as high as $20,000 per job and good times the figure may be as low as five dollars per job, by controlling this ratio the fed could roughly control unemployment. The bank will be expected to fund novel products and services and stay away from things like restaurants that will simply draw jobs from other restaurants or moving factories from one part of the country to another. If you like this idea vote for it and send the congressional letter from the website. Sincerely Frank Scruggs
Uh, you want to make people who lost their jobs stand in a landfill all day and pay for daycare to do it... I think that since welfare is a political issue you'd have a very hard time selling it to government. Politicians would be besieged by outraged citizens if they tried to force people to do that. On the other hand - many currently homeless people already sort through bins looking for recyclables. If you could find a way for them to do it more efficiently (and not *force* anybody) that could be beneficial to everyone. But prisoners, sure, why not. There are already work gangs.
love da idea