Memo to the President (Concerning the World We Have Been Building)

Dear Mr. President,

While I am aware
that you campaigned
strongly (and successfully)
on a platform to
keep Americans working
in jobs that have
in recent years been
shipped overseas,
I don't think you
understand what
you were really
arguing.

In a dynamic
eoconomy, jobs
are what current
situations require,
or can allow, or
that are simply
new and better ways
to get things done,
not simply what
keeps people working.


In a dynamic
economy, which is what
we provide those overseas
who get those old jobs,
lives are improved
rather than maintained,
the flow of ideas
continues, and
everyone has a chance
to succeed, despite
how it might initially
seem.

Instead of trying
to retain jobs,
focus on efforts
to develop new ones,
permanent notions
that reflect the fluid
nature of our times,
as indeed all times are.

You don't have to cater
to win the hearts
of your constituents,
despite what it might seem.

You were elected to lead,
you ran because you wanted
to lead, so get into the
business of leading.

That is all I have to say.

Respectfully,

Tony Laplume