This showed up in an email just the other day. This would fix the current financial situation:
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You’ve probably seen this at least once, but the idea is still sound.
The Fix
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 fixingAmerica ‘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 50 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!
If you think this would work, please forward to everyone you know.
Sounds good to me..
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Forty million people at one million dollars each = $40 Trillion.
Add $40 Trillion to what our broke Uncle already doesn’t have.
Yeah, that’ll fix everything! I’m almost surprised the White House hasn’t enthusiastically jumped on that one. And if you believe that, I have some stunning ocean front property here in North Dakota. Drop me an email if you’re interested.
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