Dear Mr. President (yet again)

Dear President Obama:

I hope you enjoyed a very happy Father's Day with your daughters.

Based on the number of e-mails you've been sending me personally of late, we must be entering that sporting season of all sporting seasons: The Presidential Campaign Season. Now that basketball and hockey seasons are finally over, and with football fans still being held hostage by wealthy, pampered, egocentric men who have never really had to work for a living, I thought the only game in town was baseball. How very short-sighted of me! Nothing says say-one-thing-and-do-another like a Presidential Campaign Season, now does it.

And how about those e-mails, Mr. President! In the last three weeks alone, you've asked me to:

• Donate $25 today
• Donate $190 to have the opportunity to win a dinner with you (Is wine included?)
  
• Contribute $250 to the Democratic National Committee
  
• Host a party at my home
• Register voters in Oakland
  
• Donate $350 today
• 'Tap' a friend on the shoulder so he/she can donate to your campaign
  
• Donate an amount -- would $250 work for you? -- to be used as a matching contribution

And that's just the last three weeks. I can't wait to see what you ask for in the next three weeks.

I'm touched, Mr. President, that you would write to me as often as you have of late. Touched, but not pleased. Especially since you have yet to respond to either of our job-creation ideas. Been too busy looking for cash?

If you recall, Sir, our first proposal on August 8, 2010 outlined a plan to put 5 million people to work upgrading every public school in this country. The second proposal published on August 29, 2010 urged you to employ another 5 million people to repair 100,000 playgrounds throughout the country and to introduce a physical fitness program for young and old alike a la John Kennedy. Each proposal was at a cost of $50 billion plus change. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that's about the cost of 5 months of our 'involvement' in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Maybe it's time to end the wars and put 10 million unemployed people to work. Just a thought.

And, sir, that's precisely our thought on this Father's Day: It's time to put people back to work any way we can. While politicians squabble across the aisle over the role of the Federal government, millions remain unemployed. Companies have cut to the bone and, in many cases, into the bone. Most are hesitant to hire -- despite strong balance sheets -- given the slow-growing and shaky economy. As a result, work loads continue to grow, quality suffers, and ennui abounds. Meanwhile, those lucky enough to have jobs are hesitant to spend money for fear that they, too, could soon be in search of work. No wonder it's impossible to find seating during the day at coffee houses across the country.

It's not a pretty picture, Sir. Not a pretty picture at all, especially when our economy is based on spending.

We need you to act boldly. Now.

Make job creation your #1 priority. Set a target of employing 10 million by Father's Day 2012. Assemble forward-thinking, creative business leaders from a wide range of industries and give them a month to help create a plan. (The Schnur Consulting Group's FUSION process is ideal for this, Sir.) Allow a group from the private sector to oversee the execution of the plan. (We, of course, would recommend us.) Have that group report directly to you. Report progress monthly to the American people.

For your information, Sir, in recent years FUSION has produced some rather amazing business results in a number of the country's leading companies, including:

• Growing revenue to $1.0 billion within 2 years (20% growth) while reducing costs by $2.5 million
• Reducing time to market by 25%
• Increasing customer service ratings by 20%
• Eliminating 2 weeks from the year-end closing process
• Reducing voluntary turnover among top performers and high potentials by 25% or more
• Increasing market share by 15% in 2 years
• Decreasing the time required to fill job vacancies with successful candidates by 50%, and
  
• Decreasing the learning curve among new hires by 50%.

If FUSION can produce these significant business gains, it can certainly help develop a plan to employ 10 million people. All things considered, employing 10 million people will be a cake-walk when compared with cutting 2 weeks from the year-end closing process. Just ask any CFO.

You can do this, Mr. President. You can find work for 10 million people by this time next year. It's bold, it's aggressive, it's visionary. It's perfect for Father's Day. Most importantly, it's what's needed. And we can help.

Man up, Sir. Don't let anyone -- or any party, including your own -- get in your way. The jobs of 10 million people -- and one other, if you know what I mean and I'm sure you do -- hang in the balance. Fathers (and mothers) everywhere will thank you.

And if you want that re-election campaign donation, Mr. President, do call or write. Operators are standing by.