Being confident, productive
■ the state employs 370,000 people as a method and means of distributing wealth to the people, which has had a bad impact on productivity as a result of which competition is non-existent, productivity has reached the zero level and rate of output is one hour a day which means what 370,000 people are hired to do work which can be done by 70,000.
■ the state spends 11 billion dinars (or nearly 35 billion dollars) in salaries for its employees.
■ this is in addition to an equivalent of half of that (17 billion dollars) in the form of subsidy for basic commodities, electricity, water, unemployment … and others.
■ it is therefore necessary to prequalify a citizen to participate in the responsibility of creating jobs, diversifying sources of income and fi ght money wastage and corruption and not be surprised by the austerity measures adopted by the state. this cannot be achieved without ‘freeing’ the employees from the constraints of the job. they have to be taught to rehabilitate themselves, restore their self-confi dence, be productive and look for something that satisfi es their ambitions.
■ the government must therefore terminate the services of hundreds of thousands of citizens within a specifi ed time-frame and stop all forms of family, employment, food and service support, and replace all this by paying a lumpsum salary to every citizen, regardless of gender, that is to say approximately kd 700 subject to review to those who reach the age of 18.
■ this will result in the emancipation of the employee from a government post in which he has produced nothing and look for any job or think of a new commercial or industrial business that guarantees minimum income.
■ this will prompt everyone to become, within a short span of time, to be more effective, more productive and more giving, especially since a majority of those who will be laid off from state employment are under the age of 35. al-saleh sees that the benefi ts of ‘national salary’ as an incentive to reduce waste, facilitate its application and control, and replace the entire multiple and complex support systems which require payment of high salaries to tens of thousands of employees. this unifi ed and equitable monthly system will replace the various types of benefi ts in monthly payments that will have a positive impact on the state budget. it will ensure that every citizen has a decent standard of living, makes him more self-reliant and free from government job and support. now, will we fi nd anyone in our government who seriously considers this proposal?
