Issue Position: Industry

Issue Position

One of the biggest problems of the current industrial system is its reliance on a dictatorial hierarchy rather than democratic principles. This is a rather quaint ideal, considering that those who are actually accomplishing the job should know more about how to complete the task than a decision maker (e.g. manager, owner or politician) who may be uninformed on the nature of the job. Unfortunately, the current system, endorsed by both the Democrats and Republicans, favors a decision making process within industry that could be compared with the government of Cuba. Project Zen aims to tackle this issue.

First, we need to actually put the people to work who need a job. Both of the primary parties aim to do this through a similar method: allocating funds to private industry, either through tax breaks or stimulus funds. This has done little to solve the problem. What we should do instead is divert the funds into large-scale job placement programs that will hold a database of the jobs that need to be filled and train workers to do these jobs. Those who prove they are capable in their training will receive their job.

Second, we currently have multiple groups that all do the same thing. Rather than waste resources while these companies conduct little wars between themselves (the primary parties refer to this as "competition"), we should focus on teamwork and moving society forward in a responsible, productive manner. We should consolidate similar industries, thereby allowing for easier administration by its labor force. Furthermore, centralizing resources would prevent one company from hiding one part of a major breakthrough and another company from hiding another part.

Third, decisions should be made through democratic means by the people actually doing the job. Our own congress is enough evidence to argue against top-down decision making. It is time to allow the workers to run their own industry. Ownership of industry should also be moved to the community and out of the private sector.

Lastly, we need to focus on the implementation of universal healthcare, nuclear power (when it is proven safe) and working with environmental consideration when making decisions.

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