• Through 'Balanced Trade' initiatives the administration will pursue the prevention of lost jobs, discounted wages, and unnecessary layoffs. 

• Affirmative Action Policies and Practices will be pursued for compliance by all employers that operate within the United States. All United States based Employers will further be required to be in compliance with the polices and practices in the hiring and employment of U.S Citizens that work, or are employed  off shore on behalf the employer. 

Further, Affirmative Action will be examined for its effectiveness and relevance in protecting jobs for US Citizens over and above foreign visitors that have Visa Sponsored Labor offerings at below market salary value.

• The Administration supports the AFL-CIO in its respect for non union workers, and the need to afford Union Dues by non-union workers within Union places of work where union labor is performed in an equivalent manner, focus and scope in employee performance and responsibilities. These Union Dues on Non Union workers are to ensure for the Non-Union Worker, the same representation, rights and benefits that are afforded to Union workers of the same classification within the same work place of employment.

• In non-Union workplaces, Union petition is to be permitted, where Union formation is to be only accepted by a 2/3 vote by employees within the workplace in question. Voting is to be held in privacy such as in the manner of government elections, and vote counting to be performed by impartial and objective means.
  

• Living Wage:  Minimum Wages are to be examined based on the Living Wage and what is defined as the Poverty Level. More over Wages are to reflect the actual cost of living for the community where the employment, and residence occurs, and subject to the Inflation Index as opposed to the 'Take it or Leave It' types of today's employment offer.

• Fixed Price and Overtime: for every worker, no matter if directly employed, or via 3rd party contract, workers must be paid for work done.  For Direct Employment, Overtime is to be paid as 'Time and One half'. For Contractors, Time is to be paid by the hour; hence, the professional day as set to 8 hours does not obviate the responsibility of the employer to provide monetary compensation for overtime.

• Poverty Level: must be set based realistically on the Cost of Living, and the Inflation Index. Hence, Minimum wage must be accounted for in this as being above the Poverty Level.
  

Public figures as elected officials are Public Figures where this is considered by the administration for the need of full transparency and accountability in terms of the work they do of, and for the people as Public Figures.

For Public Figures to expect the Right to Privacy, that Right must be for all on an even playing filed.

School is a place for learning, and in learning about the world of other students, one can learn far more about one's own world.

I would further say, that in contrast to the removal of religion in schools, that the students are permitted to practice their religion when necessary in school.

The term 'God'  basically means something very special no matter what religion one follows. Hence, all established religions that  do not demonstrate mal-intent should be respected, if we are to expect others to respect our own religious followings.

Being Unified, America is Strong, but divided, our country becomes weak. Unity is similar to a team, where all the people from all walks of life in this country make up that team.

Dogmatism, Fascism, or any 'isms', or encouraging the 'Will' of the most powerful onto the many can only polarize us into groups.

This Polarization ultimately can break our system of productive representation in our Country as this in of itself can steward the roots of Tyranny and Terror.

Respecting each others Orientations allows us to be United in how we Stand.

Sometimes you can hear someone say, "its the System", or to blame the System for some sense of injustice felt done to them.

In our highly complex information saturated Capitalist society, this is more common as an ethic in how we conduct business and commerce than not.  

Being mere human beings we are also encouraged to comply with, and/or to beat the system at the same time, where the less stamina that you have to give to the system, the more you are encouraged to beat it.

Most Crime is nothing more than a chain reaction of circumstances.

Petty Crime is nothing more than the aftershock of,  when taken to task, of more sophisticated techniques in crime and coercion, or at the least , basic unfairness towards others.

There is no difference in Loan Sharking, and Predatory Lending of a Large Bank, less that the latter is more civilized in its strategies in basically extorting your money from you.  

Street Crime is nothing more than the Aftershock of Petty Crime.

Civil unrest is nothing more than the reaction of a similar overbearing Will when one's capacities have become exhausted.

In Business, this is typically known as Screw the other guy first, or get Screwed.

The more they value the Consumers good will, the better quality of business will be offered.

It is also the interest of the Administration to see interest from ACLU, NAACP and AFL-CIO in their involvement in assisting communities in developing such programs, in addition to after school care programs and faith based followings.

• Our Communities can be multicultural. Tolerance with diversity is essential in understanding our Communities, and its needs in communication.  Language assistance is critical in bridging communication gaps and empowering our cultures to cross great divides to each other within their communities.
  

• The Aged in the community deserve the most respect and consideration where today our value systems consider the Aged to be something 'Out Dated',  and therefore obsolete. Let us consider ourselves obsolete in lacking wisdom if we view the Aged as obsolete.

• Our Veterans are hailed as heroes when they march in Uniform, but when they are fortunate enough to return, in many ways they may still be where we sent them.  Wounds can be physical in the loss of parts of them, as well as parts of their spirit can be shattered.  When you provide vocational technology training assistance it is simply one less hill for them to climb.
  

• Rehabilitation assistance for abuse is needed by many, where each can have their own set of unique reasons. Offering the hand of Compassion is the expression of ones sense of self esteem that can inspire others for theirs.
  

• The Homeless can be anyone, and in respectful communities can be viewed as an inconvenience. The Homeless has become a population since the early 80's where the proliferation is in coincidence to the Trickle Down Economy.  Life can Trickle down on any one of us with little notice or warning no matter who we think we are.

• Justice is to be blind when it comes to being equal under the law, but its heart must see when dues are paid. When ex convicts have paid their dues, it is our obligation as fellow citizens to offer the road back. An Ex Con who originated from a Community should have that opportunity offered by the same community to earn their self esteem back based on the standards set in the community.
  

• Homeland Security Budgets are not to be slashed, but to be reinforced with delivery dates that will meet the expectations of the Communities of United States.
  

• It is further the Commitment of this Administration to steward the proactive participation of Commissions in managing , and furthering Transparency and Accountability and the Discovery Process for its needs in Government, and in the Private Sector.

• Homeland Security Policy will not endorse the Incarceration of people with out fare representation, and scheduled Due Process.

• More over, Amendment I of the Bill of Rights will remain as it is.
  

• There is no way to have a Safe Nation without Fiscal Soundness.

• You cannot make a fair living, have a vision for your tomorrow, let alone even consider having a job tomorrow with out fiscal Soundness in the Nation. There is no way to enact and to back all the the federal programs needed  with our fiscal soundness. As consequence, our communities suffer, and we suffer; but most importantly, our children suffer.

• There is no way to further business development in this country if there is not fiscal soundness, and there is no way to recover lost jobs with out this.

• There is no way for the Nation to have independence and autonomy, and standards in its foreign Policy if the nation is not fiscally sound.

The Welfare of our Nation is based on our level of Economic Solvency and the ability to manage Trade.

• The Volume of imports is not regulated, and when putting a higher price on foreign TV's ( as a example ) that are dumped on our shores, just  means more compromise of foreign workers rights in order to realize the same profit for the foreign manufacturer.
  

• By limiting import volume into the United States, the price of the import would increase due to level of availability and in order to obtain a reasonable profit margin. This is simple supply and demand mechanics.
  

• By loosing the Offshore incentive, US manufactures would not need a domestic Tax Incentive, while also not needing to lose their workers who are the actual ones who buy manufactured goods.
  

• The same principles of Trade Volume in Manufacturing and textiles, can be applied to Agriculture, as well as the out sourcing of technology labor.

You can easily estimate the range of future benefit on other currencies from the slide of today's dollar.  

Financial Institutions make a fortune for themselves, and in particular, in the misfortune of the sliding value of the dollar by buying the Futures of the benefiting currencies. The Yen, which is the currency of one of our major lenders called Japan, has benefited in the value of the Dollar Slide from 300:1 to 100:1 in a manner of a few years. Consider just the interest we pay to Japan these days and into the future.

If it is better to invest the dollar than to spend it, it is better for the Government to invest its dollars for the People.

What incentive does the IRS employee have for the efficiency and effectiveness in doing their job when the processes in place are not efficient nor effective ?

It is easier to opt out in order to get the desk cleared which does a disservice to both the IRS in its stated purpose and to the Tax Payer who it is ultimately serving.

What return on cost does the IRS provide in having broken processes to manage with ?

Any operation, that is broken in procedures and processes  ultimately wastes their budgets as opposed to effectively using them to serve that operation.

How do you fix broken processes when the Tax system achieves nothing further than painting itself into a corner in compounded complexities ?

Functional Design of anything must be top down, or there are functional bugs that are inherent in the outcome of our expectations.

• Tax Schedules and cuts can be graduated for 'All' based on the level of Solvency vs. Debt Burden that the Nation has. It is then  no longer necessary to say 'Read Me Lips' as just lip service;  and such policy in its flexibility allows for financial planning top down from the Government to the people it serves.

• Accounting serves value, but its value is truly realized with given forethought and hindsight. Good accounting practices deal with balancing ledgers, where the cost of money itself is accounted for. Interest and penalties serve a purpose in the Tax System, but without scheduled and fair conclusion for remedy, what was once perhaps $1,000.00 owed can become easily $10,000.00 owed.

•  Multiply this by just 40,000 taxpayers and the IRS has an unmanageable level of $400,000,000 of wishful thinking but unobtainable Tax Revenue to try to collect. That is instead an actual $40,000,000 with reasonable interest collect. 

• Interest and Fees is an unrealistic venue when considering the related labor and processing costs in not collecting what looks good on the books.
  

• For both the IRS, and the Tax Payer, it would be best to get the Tax Paid at $1,000.00 than having to deal with un-resolvable and unrealistic interests, charges and fees and related costs in the wishful thinking of $10,000 * 40,000 taxpayers.  

• Both the IRS and the Tax Payer must work together to seek  remedies where the IRS  can obtain what is really due in a timely manner with out  disenfranchising the Tax Payer from being also  future viable Tax Payer. 

• Closure is in the IRS structuring the Debt early on so that it can be paid through structured loans to the tax payer, and default where there is no possibility in collecting. 

• Reduces the over all collection costs and time frames for closure

• provides for a more accurate budget needed for the IRS.
  

• By Providing 
• The right Information Access Tools the Agent's Workload becomes lighter for the same given case load. 
• The Tax Payer has more bandwidth to meet the Agents Time frame for the balance of a requested Laundry List
• Case Tracking can be established for historical audits on case performance closure, as well as case inheritance.
• Case Exceptions and escalation / resolution can be achieved more readily.
  
• Cost / Benefit Analysis can be measured on Fair Remedy Conclusion.
• Effectiveness of the Agent for closures can be immediately scored.
• Tax Payer can get on with their life sooner at less impact on livelihood
  

• Committees will have the competence to make reasonable and accurate assessments of said estimates
• Variances in Budgets will be stated by fixed policies
• Accuracy in Spending will be automated such that committee members can review compliance with allocations on a ad hoc basis.
• Department Errors are to be reported upfront, or as when discovered, and not after the fact. 
• Misappropriations, and misalignment of budgets, or expenditures not accounted for, or signed off by the Committee, will have those responsible in managing the budget in reprimand.

This lack of leadership example instills the same in our corporations, which then instills the people to be nothing but self-serving for the 'Here and now'.

The outcome of this is to be an Information Bill that is to serve as the guideline for the Federal Information Plan.

The excuse of Plausible Deniability is made obsolete by the proper design in the Information Hierarchy of the Federal Information Plan.

In this manner, Information of US Citizens is protected within the partitions of the Federal Information System Plan as Formalized by Congress in to the Formalized Information Hierarchy Plan.

This too, will add to the Job Base of our Economy.

• Fundamentally, the use of Electricity as an Energy Source must be less than the costs of Fossil Fuels where the creation of Electricity sources  in of themselves does not pollute or have less pollution than Fossil Fuels.

• Fossil Fuel alternatives for Combustion must become more sophisticated  to achieve cost effective use. 

Reducing the costs of Transportation  reduces other costs that Transportation is relied upon for.

• For Railroads, Electric Powered Rapid Transit can be achieved to deliver Steel from its sources in Ohio and Pennsylvania to our Defense Manufacturers and Construction; and locations points West and Points East, as well as for export from the coasts.

• With the reduction of Transportation costs, the cost of Steel itself comes down making a more competitive Steel Industry.

• Many Industries can take advantage of the same benefits in Rapid Transit Transportation
  

• For Roads, the cost and impact of fuel usage and related pollution is reduced as less idling of combustion engines while obtaining more miles to the Gallon of even cleaner fuels that would normally be wasted in traffic jams.

• Our commuters have a better chance at Longevity which lowers the future costs of health care

• Less Accidents on the Road for Over tired and delayed truck drivers
• Fresher produce due to on time delivery
  

• Over all, the costs of products due to reduced delivery costs enables us to live within reasonable budgets as producers and consumers while providing more impetus for Employment of US Citizens on US Soil in these industries while being  able  to reinvigorate Industries that we once thought that we were losing.

o Communities will not be manipulated by Enrons. Simply Put, a Deal is a Deal, and once costs are consummated, providers are to committed to agreed price caps and consumers are to be entitled  to reliable energy delivery.

Electricity is regarded as a Commodity, and the Blackout of Calif. was due to treating it only as a Commodity. It must be a regulated commodity where it is made available as needed, and not through market extortion on the commodity.

• States are seeing Wind and Solar as a Burgeoning Cost Affective alternative for Electricity production  such as on the West Coast.  

• Boiling of Water to create steam to drive turbines does not have to be only by highly sensitive nuclear installations, and the Wind itself is abundant across our nation. 

• Where Tornado Zones exists, its simply a question of transferring  Electricity via the 'Grid'.
  

In this manner, the Government can feed our hungry. Investment in our nation should be tax exempt. Such Investments lower our reportable income. Such investments can provide a greater return than a savings account, and will also become one of the most attractive investments on Wall Street. If 25% of this type of investment covers our actual needs, then 75% can be managed on Wall Street. This is with the requirement to make a profit or it comes out of the pockets of the financial institutions who are managing them for the Government. Those profits are to pay for the 25%, provide a Return on Investment for the investor, and if needed , that 75% can be applied to cover disasters.

• Environmental Management is compromised by the amount of Carbon we emit into the Air.  

We can work in building our Economy by the further use of crops used to generate heat, electricity or produce liquid fuels.

• In addition to Agriculture, there are supporting Industries that serve Agriculture such as producing biodegradable fertilizers and soil enhancers in order to produce crops. 

• If it can improve our health, and our environment, and can be provided as a cost effectively, it must be considered.
  

• Pollution Laws - are to be reviewed for the scope and effectiveness, and related remedies.  

Existing Accountability will be reviewed in terms of violations to the laws, and Due Diligence to be enacted on accordingly. Pollution Laws will be revised for effectiveness, and empowered where not empowered.

• Program Definition and Scope - The Existing Pollution Laws will be a single component , where remedies in terms of cost of Clean Up will be financed based on Fines and Assets of those considered contributors to the pollution problem at hand. In a similar manner, where the land has been compromised, such as Forestry and Land erosion, remedies for replenishment will be sought by the contributors to the problem. 

• One might own a mountain, or a valley of Land, and have sold off the timber in order to build, or sell the land for others to build developments on this land. In such cases, zoning ordinances will be reviewed for the necessity of the development in its relationship to the impact on the environment.  Ordinances that appear to be lop-sided at the cost of the Environment will be revised by Federal Statue.
  

• Program Deployment: will be monitored by the Congress, and the EPA, and other related Federal Industry Oriented Agencies.  It is expected by the Administration that this deployment due to its scope of effort will be in stages, and in areas of focus with stated milestones of accomplishment. It is expected that Deployment in one thread of the program can be in parallel with of threads that are in the Definition and Scope Phase.

• Program Measurements are viewed by the administration as key to keeping the promise for Clean Up and Recovery, and will be made public via the Federal Information System as deemed in review by Congress.
  

When we trade off Quality in our Industries for higher profits, we have ultimately devalued the Industry itself to be invested in.

American Corporations must have their Ethics continually held accountable to serve their respective  industries, to expect quality in employee loyalty, and to provide an accurate representation of shareholder value, and not 'perceived Shareholder value'.

Simpler put, Poor Quality Food demonstrates contempt for its consumers who are the actual investors in the Industry.

Pragmatically , the disenfranchised are  not active participants in this Nation, nor are they able to contribute as Tax Payers, voters, or otherwise can they be of benefit to themselves or others. They must be re enfranchised.

But they too have a voice when it comes to deserving the Quality of Life that is entitled to by All.

Employment, Veteran, Social Security, Welfare Benefits, Health and Human Services, Education are just a few of the many that must be reinforced for the effectiveness in serving the people.

This Money will be sought from both our Path for Economic Solvency, and from Fine SourcesCorporate Reform initiatives and from case action suits that are sponsored by the  the government on behalf of the people from

• It is the commitment of the Administration to review the  effectiveness of these programs in terms of the intended merit and design and methods of accomplishment for the purposes of affective funding.

• Duplication of effort in different programs will be resolved and normalized for cost effectiveness
• New agenda's for Programs and new Programs will be reviewed
  

We could argue that Unemployment Benefits cost the Tax Payer, but a better argument is that employed people are tax payers.

• Unemployment Benefits, must be extended - with the proviso that when offered a job it is compulsory to accept that job, being in that it is a sound employment, and meets the same , at a minimum of the unemployment payments made to the unemployed. It is the responsibility of the unemployed to improve themselves from this starting point, or to for go unemployment assistance from that point on. When given a Starting Point, it is Self Esteem that is to carry us forward.

• This does not intend for employers to provide employment opportunities at below market rate, but does intend that employers will make an offer at market rate for a employment position that could even be currently filled by a foreigner with an active visa or Green Card that is currently filling the same position on US Soil.
  

• Proactive marketing of the unemployed enacted - Through the Federal Information System, Employment /Vacancy Opportunities are to be reported for Federal , State City and Private Sectors. 

• Vocational Training Assistance and programs must be made available such that people can have  a starting point for a career or new career, as opposed to just a job if desired, or needed.
  

• Rights to work for a fair wage must take precedence of green card and visa based workers: Employment Opportunities are defined as both vacancies, as well as employment positions, whether temporary, by contract or permanent that are currently occupied by foreigners on U.S Soil. 

U.S Citizens must come first if we are to expect U.S. Citizens to stand on their own two feet, and make a contribution in our Economy.

• It is not the interest of the Administration to disenfranchise a foreigner in the United States, but it is the intention to empower the U.S Citizen in the United States. 

• Foreigners with legitimate Visas and Green Cards are welcomed to work on U.S Soil where it can be proved that there is not an equally  Qualified U.S Citizen available for it within the geographic region of the job.

• Foreign Corporations, institutions and enterprises that operate on U.S. Soil are not to be exempt from this rule.
  


• Foreigners who wish to immigrate need to get a fair deal in being able to immigrate, if in fact they plan on becoming U.S Citizens

• Social Security was conceived as a guaranteed Annuity, and will remain that way.

• The Social Security System will be replenished based on the progress of and further reinforced by the Investment Economy
  
  

• No Child Left Behind
• Higher Education, and Vocational Grant Assistance Programs
• Ongoing Education Programs
  
• Optional Education Programs

• Veterans Hospitals are to be further funded to adequately provide assistance in case load. Veterans Hospitals will not be short on supplies nor required staff to serve our Veterans. 

• Vets will not have to wait until sometime in the future for assistance but will get the assistance programs that they need.
  

• There will be NO deductibles for Vets of any category. Medical, Psychological, and Sociological Assistance will be readily available. 

• A Vet wounded is a Vet who is wounded. There is not discrimination to be permitted in terms of Combat, or non combat related injuries to the self when in active military service.
  

• Loans will be made available for Vets who seek financial assistance and demonstrate use in the vocational training and Community Support Net Level Programs. Such loans will be below normal bank interest rates for equivalent loans.

• Veteran Family Assistance is to be provided in scope, but not be limited to the following:
• Grants for Family Assistance
• Qualification of Family head of Household to assume Veteran Benefits when loosing an immediate family member in active military service

• What is required is a means to afford fixed health care infrastructure costs, make services available when needed by any U.S Citizen, and cover most health treatments and remedies adequately up to 100%.
  

In Business, the imposition of Government Regulations generally is responded to by innovation in the Private Sector.

• The Federal Health Care Plan proposed by the Administration is based on the Single Payer General Pool Vermont Model.

• Under the proposed model, Medicare and Medicaid funds would be shifted into a general federally managed pool.

• A partial contribution by employer payroll tax and a contribution of employee payroll tax would also be added to the general pool.

• The Federal Government would make up other balances for extended Veterans Coverage, Unemployed, and other Welfare needs.
  

Sincerely Yours,

Orion Karl Daley
State of the Union Address for 2008