Dmitri Medvedev was dispatched to Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping in the wake of Syria’s tragedy using his status as head of the United Russia Party as a ruse as a thin cover for the real reasons.
The first speaker at the meeting spoke about a issue close to my heart: bureaucratic obstacles to entrepreneurship.
In order to support a healthy and prosperous middle class it is essential to foster the start and growth of small businesses. But too often (certainly in Western countries and it appears in Russia as well) creating a new business is burdened by a lot of government red tape. This stifles creativity and raises unnecessary costs.
We tend to think of big companies as the ones that provide the most employment, because those enterprises may have tens of thousands of employees. But the number of those companies is relatively small. In my home country almost half of the employment is generated by small businesses. (<100 employees.)
Every big and successful company began its life as a small one. By making it relatively easy to start a business, governments support a huge sector of the economy while creating the conditions necessary for a company to grow.
Reducing red tape is a Putin Crusade. The time he spent as Prime Minister was very educational and productive. Lots of promotion of SMEs by Russia at all governing levels. Since I focus so much on Putin and the Federal level, much is missed from the region and local. Russian Federalism is far more dynamic and efficient than that of the USA’s.
yes and this is because of the natural 'leeching' instinct of bureaucracy of any kind. it always seeks to extend and increase its influence whatever that is: whether imposing taxes or controls.
i myself am just going into business and not even in some new business I've thought up but into an established 'normal' kind of business. After months I am still running into requirements I am just notified of which I must satisfy before I can operate.
That is: after years the bureaucracy still has not got itself organised to where it can give me an A4 sheet listing requirements on day one. A check list.
And yet with computerisation there are now dozens of web pages concerning the business all supposed to 'help' me start up.
A common such page supposedly answering a query will direct me to a site which covers all laws and regulations. A bit like you asking if you can park your car here and being referred to the constitution of the united states (or whatever country you're in).
In that way the bureaucrats feel they have covered their asses safely: the answer must be in there: they sent you there, so all's good.
Its not all good.
It is feeding the leeches is all. Daily leeches proliferate.
Have you ever read C Northcote Parkinson's 'The Law and the Profits' or 'Parkinson's Law' ?
Taken as lightweight 'jokes' they are actually delineations of the most awful aspects of our reality.
Thank you Karl - another exhaustive report on the inexhaustible VVP
There must have been some reason for VVP to not go to meet Xi - perhaps there really is not a great deal to say about Syria, or at least not yet, and no need to feed the westie MSM 'Crisis in Peking'
The AI Conference was very important along with the State Awards Ceremony—the president must preside—and the upcoming marathon presser on the 17th requires his attention and rest prior to its performance. As soon as Medvedev returned, a meeting of the Security Council was held. And those are what’s made public, while his overall schedule is who knows how complex. There was an odd media note published by the MFA about Medvedev’s trip I reported about at MoA—Missile defense was a major topic of conversation between Xi and Medvedev. Odd because it wasn’t issued by the Defense Ministry. here’s the full text:
“On December 11, Russian-Chinese consultations on missile defense and missile aspects of strategic stability were held in Beijing.
“The parties held an in-depth discussion of this issue in the context of maintaining global and regional security, exchanging views, in particular, on the topic of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles.
“The focus of the parties on strengthening dialogue and coordination on these factors of strategic stability was confirmed.”
The first speaker at the meeting spoke about a issue close to my heart: bureaucratic obstacles to entrepreneurship.
In order to support a healthy and prosperous middle class it is essential to foster the start and growth of small businesses. But too often (certainly in Western countries and it appears in Russia as well) creating a new business is burdened by a lot of government red tape. This stifles creativity and raises unnecessary costs.
We tend to think of big companies as the ones that provide the most employment, because those enterprises may have tens of thousands of employees. But the number of those companies is relatively small. In my home country almost half of the employment is generated by small businesses. (<100 employees.)
Every big and successful company began its life as a small one. By making it relatively easy to start a business, governments support a huge sector of the economy while creating the conditions necessary for a company to grow.
Reducing red tape is a Putin Crusade. The time he spent as Prime Minister was very educational and productive. Lots of promotion of SMEs by Russia at all governing levels. Since I focus so much on Putin and the Federal level, much is missed from the region and local. Russian Federalism is far more dynamic and efficient than that of the USA’s.
yes and this is because of the natural 'leeching' instinct of bureaucracy of any kind. it always seeks to extend and increase its influence whatever that is: whether imposing taxes or controls.
i myself am just going into business and not even in some new business I've thought up but into an established 'normal' kind of business. After months I am still running into requirements I am just notified of which I must satisfy before I can operate.
That is: after years the bureaucracy still has not got itself organised to where it can give me an A4 sheet listing requirements on day one. A check list.
And yet with computerisation there are now dozens of web pages concerning the business all supposed to 'help' me start up.
A common such page supposedly answering a query will direct me to a site which covers all laws and regulations. A bit like you asking if you can park your car here and being referred to the constitution of the united states (or whatever country you're in).
In that way the bureaucrats feel they have covered their asses safely: the answer must be in there: they sent you there, so all's good.
Its not all good.
It is feeding the leeches is all. Daily leeches proliferate.
Have you ever read C Northcote Parkinson's 'The Law and the Profits' or 'Parkinson's Law' ?
Taken as lightweight 'jokes' they are actually delineations of the most awful aspects of our reality.
Thank you Karl - another exhaustive report on the inexhaustible VVP
There must have been some reason for VVP to not go to meet Xi - perhaps there really is not a great deal to say about Syria, or at least not yet, and no need to feed the westie MSM 'Crisis in Peking'
The AI Conference was very important along with the State Awards Ceremony—the president must preside—and the upcoming marathon presser on the 17th requires his attention and rest prior to its performance. As soon as Medvedev returned, a meeting of the Security Council was held. And those are what’s made public, while his overall schedule is who knows how complex. There was an odd media note published by the MFA about Medvedev’s trip I reported about at MoA—Missile defense was a major topic of conversation between Xi and Medvedev. Odd because it wasn’t issued by the Defense Ministry. here’s the full text:
“On December 11, Russian-Chinese consultations on missile defense and missile aspects of strategic stability were held in Beijing.
“The parties held an in-depth discussion of this issue in the context of maintaining global and regional security, exchanging views, in particular, on the topic of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles.
“The focus of the parties on strengthening dialogue and coordination on these factors of strategic stability was confirmed.”
Nothing happening here in BC but observing the Fossil State putting on airs it’s still alive.