From alligators to dinosaurs

No wonder the alligators are so angry!

What did we expect? Government as usual? We elected a business man to run the government bureaucracy. Of course, things would, are, and will continue to change the way the government enterprise is run.

Are we insane expecting that the old highly ineffective and corrupt system would not change? Those of us that elected Trump are not surprised at all by his behavior as president. Trump is a character with character. Character is equal integrity times courage. Few individuals have both components of character. Integrity is doing what you say you are going to do. It takes enormous courage to take on the government establishment and the supporting media which has misled the country for so many years. 

History will write that Trump as one of the greatest presidents in history. He is very controversial and that is precisely why he is effective in exposing and tackling the big problems in government. Leadership is polarizing and Trump is displaying his character in motion in everything he says and does. He has a way of doing things that absolutely leaves his opponents breathing the dust. The alligators, in the media swamp in particular, don’t like it, they hate him! and that is why they are so angry. They don’t like to be exposed!

Running a government like a business is so foreign to the political system that most career politicians are also very angry and completely lost like a city kid trying to survive in the Amazon jungle. It is about time someone running the American Government thinks and behaves likes a business person. The American government is the largest enterprise in the world, $4.4 trillion. It has been run by career politicians that are completely illiterate about business, economics, and finance for over half a century.

The question to ask is – why did it take so long for Americans to wake up?

We the people must hold the government accountable for results and as we do the employees working in our businesses. 

Here are the 7 critical ways to drain a swamp and force the alligators scramble to figure out how to survive in this new reality. Those that get it will prosper, those that don’t will go with the dinosaurs. The critical changes needed are:

1.     Go from aristocracy and position to meritocracy and distinction.

2.     Go from popularity and mediocrity to influence and wisdom.

3.     Go from equality and giveaways to opportunity and incentives.

4.     Go from credentialism and careers to skills and abilities.

5.     Go from dependence and promises to self-reliance and rewards.

6.     Go from stagnation and decay to creation and innovation.

7.     Go from slavery and misery to freedom and prosperity.

Let’s see who has the guts to share this post to make the a few more alligators angry?

Carlos Fontana