Street Dollars
Many cities experience the congestion of the homeless on street corners and intersections begging for money. This situation has become an epedemic in many cities. This program will provide food and shelter to those who really need it and reduce the scamming associated with this problem
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Idea Description
Street Dollars is a program to create and deliver assistance to the homeless and needy by providing "Street Dollars" or Vouchers to those in need. The dollars and vouchers would be handed out by motorists and those approached by the homeless. The vouchers and dollars would be accepted by participating merchants for food, temporary shelter, emergency items etc. The incentives for the merchants would be tax breaks, publicity, city incentives, awards or other benefits. The dollars or vouchers would be purchased by consumers at participating vendors or by mail or email at a deep discount from true value. The incentive is to help the homeless and needy. Scam artists could not get cash this way.
What will you do if you win $10,000 for this idea?
Start by polling merchants on reception of this idea. Determine what incentives can be offered merchants for participating in the program. Create a good business plan and get high profile players in the community interested as well. Create publicity about the program, radio, newspapers interviews. Offer incentive for copy and print companies to produce dollars and vouchers as an example "Denver Dollars". Locate and rent inexpensive one room store front for headquarters and operations. Leverage volunteers and community service for the intial work and participation drives. Implement and Promote, Promote, Promote. If successful develop a cookie cutter for other communities and cities.
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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