I'm sure the numbers are wrong, and Snopes would probably have a heyday with it, but sometimes the simple answer is the best one. It certainly wouldn't be any worse than what Congress did by flushing several hundred billion down the toilet.
"There recently was an article in the St. Petersburg Fl. Times. The Business Section asked readers for ideas on:
"How Would You Fix the Economy?" I think this guy nailed it!
Dear Mr. President,
Please find below my suggestion for fixing America 's economy.
Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the "Patriotic Retirement Plan":
There are about 40 million people over 55 in the work force. Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early
retirement with the following stipulations:
1) They MUST retire. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.
2) They MUST buy a new American CAR. Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.
3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.
It can't get any easier than that!!
P.S.
If more money is needed, have all members in Congress pay their taxes...
Mr. President, while you're at it, make Congress retire on Social Security and Medicare. I'll bet both programs
would be fixed pronto!"
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Only one problem with that idea. 40million workers times $1 million each is $40 trillion. That's way more than even ol' Barry wants to spend.
Most people think this is a bargain because they do the math in their head and miss 3 zeroes, coming up with $400 billion. I did the same thing at first, but when I plugged it into a calculator I saw what I did wrong.
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