The business section of St Petersburg Times asked readers: "How Would You Fix the Economy?" Here's an interesting idea:
Dear Mr. President,
Patriotic retirement: There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force; pay them $1 million apiece severance pay with three stipulations:
1) They leave their jobs. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.
2) They buy NEW American cars. Forty million cars ordered - auto industry fixed.
3) They either buy a house or pay off their mortgage- housing crisis fixed.
All national financial problems fixed and at a cost of only $40 billion rather than the $1 or 2 trillion the current and past administrations spent/proposed.
The math is wrong - it would cost $40 Trillion - but aren't we headed there anyway, and wouldn't this solve the problem almost immediately?!
2 comments:
How would you feel if you were 49 1/2 and just missed the cut???
Not too bad - it means you can now go back to your assembly line and make some more cars, and get the great benefits at your company, Generous Motors!
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