- $5.1 billion in unpaid bills to schools, social service agencies, hospitals, small businesses and others,
- Highest unemployment in decades leading to lost revenue in retail sales and income taxes,
- Runaway spending and borrowing.
Let’s face it: Illinois government is a mess. Seven years of spend-and-borrow policies, coupled with current economic woes, have brought us to this point. The governor and the political party in power haven’t been able to fix it. Moreover, it doesn’t look like they’ll be bringing forth solutions anytime soon.
While a change in leadership becomes an option in the November General Election, our schools, hospitals and social service agencies simply can’t wait. So, I’m suggesting another idea.
Crowdsourcing. According to Jeff Howe, author of Crowdsourcing: Why the power of the crowd is driving the future of business, “(c)rowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.” Read the rest of this entry »
