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Keith Ledbetter - Monday, November 16, 2009   Eliminating Thousands of Child Support Delinquencies Rate this idea:   Current Rating: 3.2 (232 votes cast) Did you know that every child support payer in Michigan who gets paid on a bi-monthly basis from their employer is in arrears 10 months out of the year??? According to the Michigan Attorney General, 600,000 payers are in arrears every year and MI ranks third in the nation in uncollected support. The Friend of the Court offices actually under charge bi-monthly payers every month, and then they "catch up" on their 3rd paychecks that they get twice a year. These non-custodial parents are labeled "deadbeats" even though the FOC's own administration and bureaucracy is causing it. This is one of many areas that need to be fixed.

Rod Morris - Monday, November 16, 2009   Government Supported Cooperative Business Relations Rate this idea:   Current Rating: 3.0 (252 votes cast) Small business can grow and provide jobs quicker than large business. Small business offers better opportunity for job distribution across the sate. Michigan government should create a cooperative and supportive business place for large and small business in Michigan. Easy to work with and to join. Large business should realize benefits for placing business into Michigan small business. Small healthy companies with solid foundations should realize support to gain the proposed business. Literally put the companies together to find cooperative ways to solve the issues of leaving the state for supply. This can create jobs and business stability state wide.

Bonnie Soper - Sunday, November 15, 2009   Drivers License Renewals Cost Savings- Lesson from New Zealand Rate this idea:   Current Rating: 2.9 (254 votes cast) Michigan might want to consider doing away with driver's license renewals like they did in New Zealand. In New Zealand they asked "What is it about re-licensing that in any way tests driver competency?" No one could think of a good reason so they abolished the whole expensive process! Now a driver's license is good until a person is 74 years old, after which he must get an annual medical test to ensure he is still competent to drive. Citizens there no longer have to pay higher and higher fees for a service not really needed and in the process they made the roads safer for driving with medical testing for the elderly.

earlbob - Saturday, November 14, 2009   New Alternative Energy-THE SOLAR VORTEX GENERATOR™ Rate this idea:   Current Rating: 3.0 (253 votes cast) Go to your kitchen sink now and fill it with water. Give the water a spin in either direction and then immediately pull the plug. If the drain is centrally positioned, you will create a tapered, hollow vortex that will maintain itself as long as there is water. All the weight of that water is pushing down by the force of gravity. At the bottom of that vortex is energy that can be tapped to make electricity. Remember, fluids do not have to be liquid. Air follows all the same fluid principles as water. Now, imagine the sink scenario turned upside down, substantially enlarged, but instead of water, the vortex is created by an endless supply of heated air rising. Within that hollow of the vortex, a structure can be built that neither affects the vortex nor is affected by it. At the top of that structure, immersed within the apex of the vortex where the energy is most concentrated, are turbine blades. Since the direction of the air is now circular, it impacts the turbine blades perpendicularly thereby compounding the force far more than the linear blow-by of air used to turn conventional turbine engines or wind generators. It's a full slap in the face of the blade. Since the heated air is provided by simple passive solar collection, the SVG could produce a tremendous amount of pure, clean, sustainable energy that can be tapped along the sunnier, western side of the Rocky Mountains, or anywhere else in the world where climate favors dependable sunshine. Furthermore, the SVG can be made to run 24/7. A scale model of the SVG does exist, and proves not only how it works, but more importantly, that it works. SVG’s could be manufactured in Michigan to serve a cleaner world. Want to see more? Give me your vote.

Mark Schaible - Friday, November 13, 2009   WiMax Development Center Rate this idea:   Current Rating: 3.0 (238 votes cast) WiMAX is a technology that allows for large scale wireless coverage that can feasibly allow wireless internet access for a whole region or city. Companies are already forming joint ventures to design and bring to market consumer products using this technology. By blanketing a city like Grand Rapids, Lansing, or Detroit with WiMAX coverage and providing an incentive for companies involved in the development of these next generation products, we can position Michigan as the primary development center for this new technology. Not only will we position Michigan in the center of a technology niche for the future, but it will also provide a significant level of high quality jobs.