GUEST POST by Sen. Steven Thayn (Gem County, Idaho) —
Dear College Republicans and others;
This is a YouTube video introducing MP²
We will be in the following locations in November to discuss the MP² project:
Senator Steven Thayn
P.S. Here is an essay with the flavor of MP²
Cause of Poverty
By
Senator Steven Thayn
America spends hundreds of billions of dollars each year to address poverty. However, this spending is mostly ineffective, even counterproductive, because of the lack of understanding of the cause of poverty. The root cause of poverty is lack of production.
Laborers that produce goods and services, which can be exchanged with their fellow laborer for goods and services, are not poor. The poor either do not produce or under-produce. The key to addressing poverty is to increase productive capacity of the poor. Current government social programs focus on equal distribution of wealth rather than on a more equitable distribution of work.
Poverty reduction requires access to natural resources, ability to work, and ability to accumulate or have access to capital. Natural resources + labor + capital = Prosperity This formula applies to nations and to individuals.
America is doing the exact opposite. It has embraced:
It is more accurate to say poverty programs cause poverty than it is to say poverty programs cure poverty. The focus must change to helping people become productive. The MP² Project explains how to make the transition from our current system to a productive system.
Dear College Republicans and others;
We will be in the following locations in November to discuss the MP² project:
- CDA on the 18th of November at the NIC SUB
- Lewiston on the 19th site yet to be determined
- Nampa on the 20th at the Nampa Civic center
- Boise at BSU on the 21st in the SUB
- Idaho Falls at University Place on the 22nd
- Pocatello on the 23rd at the ISU SUB
Senator Steven Thayn
P.S. Here is an essay with the flavor of MP²
By
Senator Steven Thayn
America spends hundreds of billions of dollars each year to address poverty. However, this spending is mostly ineffective, even counterproductive, because of the lack of understanding of the cause of poverty. The root cause of poverty is lack of production.
Laborers that produce goods and services, which can be exchanged with their fellow laborer for goods and services, are not poor. The poor either do not produce or under-produce. The key to addressing poverty is to increase productive capacity of the poor. Current government social programs focus on equal distribution of wealth rather than on a more equitable distribution of work.
Poverty reduction requires access to natural resources, ability to work, and ability to accumulate or have access to capital. Natural resources + labor + capital = Prosperity This formula applies to nations and to individuals.
America is doing the exact opposite. It has embraced:
- entitlements that remove labor from the labor force
- radical environmentalism which restrict access to natural resources
- high taxes and deficit spending which destroy capital needed for economic growth
It is more accurate to say poverty programs cause poverty than it is to say poverty programs cure poverty. The focus must change to helping people become productive. The MP² Project explains how to make the transition from our current system to a productive system.
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