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| Improvised weapons aren’t just for terrorists anymore! |
Talent drives innovation. In return for profit, bureaucracies should supply talented
people with the means to to realize their potential. The bureaucracies along with the
corporations have a vise grip on both the means and the talent. If an idea doesn't easily
with the idea doesn't have any financial or patent rights to it. But their ideas and talents
can be used by the government! Many large American companies which exist on
taxpayer dollars have used that money to monopolize and corral a lot of talent.
This would seem to be just a intellectual property rights problem for the talented
individual, but it is a problem for all of America. A lot of talent held by the big
companies could rapidly, (arguably) produce new or modified weapons as the need
arises on the battlefield. There are no time outs in war, so that the bureaucracy can get
bids and write contracts. War cannot be fought at the convenience of the business
worlds bottom line. Small and rapidly changing production runs are very difficult to
justify to a manufacturer and would make most bureaucracies freeze up.
To address this, I would recommend the formation of an Industrial Cadre similar to
the National Guard where skilled personnel would be assembled at a government
manufacturing and design facility to rapidly analyze, design, and build the weapons the
soldiers in the field need. In addition, like the National Guard, the people in the
National Industrial Cadre would have retention rights with their normal civilian
employers.
Since the people in this Industrial Cadre would not be combat soldiers, many skilled
people can be recruited for the National Industrial Cadre that normally would not be
acceptable to the National Guard. There are vast numbers of out-of-shape war gamers
with high levels of tactical computer skills, grumpy old machinists, and bitter downsized
high tech personnel who would jump at the chance at having their skills appreciated. I
am not just talking about pay, but respect and the ability to see the results of their
work. The job market only recognizes a narrow range of skills and talents and neglects
the rest. This web page may bring up many questions and issues and I will try to
answer them. If you find it useful, please share it with your peers.
Thank You
Louis P. Quinn
people with the means to to realize their potential. The bureaucracies along with the
corporations have a vise grip on both the means and the talent. If an idea doesn't easily
with the idea doesn't have any financial or patent rights to it. But their ideas and talents
can be used by the government! Many large American companies which exist on
taxpayer dollars have used that money to monopolize and corral a lot of talent.
This would seem to be just a intellectual property rights problem for the talented
individual, but it is a problem for all of America. A lot of talent held by the big
companies could rapidly, (arguably) produce new or modified weapons as the need
arises on the battlefield. There are no time outs in war, so that the bureaucracy can get
bids and write contracts. War cannot be fought at the convenience of the business
worlds bottom line. Small and rapidly changing production runs are very difficult to
justify to a manufacturer and would make most bureaucracies freeze up.
To address this, I would recommend the formation of an Industrial Cadre similar to
the National Guard where skilled personnel would be assembled at a government
manufacturing and design facility to rapidly analyze, design, and build the weapons the
soldiers in the field need. In addition, like the National Guard, the people in the
National Industrial Cadre would have retention rights with their normal civilian
employers.
Since the people in this Industrial Cadre would not be combat soldiers, many skilled
people can be recruited for the National Industrial Cadre that normally would not be
acceptable to the National Guard. There are vast numbers of out-of-shape war gamers
with high levels of tactical computer skills, grumpy old machinists, and bitter downsized
high tech personnel who would jump at the chance at having their skills appreciated. I
am not just talking about pay, but respect and the ability to see the results of their
work. The job market only recognizes a narrow range of skills and talents and neglects
the rest. This web page may bring up many questions and issues and I will try to
answer them. If you find it useful, please share it with your peers.
Thank You
Louis P. Quinn