“When a thing is done, it’s done. Don’t look back. Look forward to your next objective”.
George C Marshall (Soldier and Statesman)
Marshall Plan Video 60th Anniversary
I was listening to the radio a couple of days ago and Jeff Katz a talk show host who broadcasts in South Florida was discussing the comments made about opening up our shores to Haitians as a humanitarian thing to do, but he mentioned what impact it would have on the now stressed South Florida economy, including the strained medical, educational, and housing services we have in place He then came up with what I thought was a brilliant idea which could aid Haitians and Americans alike. That was to take the highly skilled construction workers such as electricians, carpenters, steel workers, etc… that are unemployed in the South Florida area because of the depression we’re presently in with housing market and hire them to rebuild Haiti. Not only hire these American workers but have skilled and unskilled Haitans work along side of them rebuilding their country. The Haitians working along side of these skilled American workers could be mentored and taught a skill that would allow them to continue working and earning a living on their own after the reconstruction was completed in Haiti. Well that is a great idea but you might ask yourself well what about the monies, the temporary housing, the basics for living food, water , medical, sanitary, etc… and the logistics????
I thought about that and Gen. George Marshall who managed the rebuilding of of war torn Europe after World War II came to mind. If the United States is willing to give Haiti $100 Million in aid we could have organizations like the US Army Corp of engineers manage the funding and civilian US/Haitian workers for the reconstruction of Haiti. We could also have agencies like the General Accounting Office track the funding and results. Also, President Obama will be accountable for the whole project being that he’s the Commander And Chief of the US Army.
If we rebuilt Europe under the ‘ Marshall Plan ‘ we certainly could rebuild a small country like Haiti under the ‘Jeff Katz Plan’. I’m also sure Jeff Katz wouldn’t expect a noble prize either, he’s just a generous American like the rest of us.
Let’s hear your feed back and also contact the President and the Congress about this.
