The Fix- Would this work for America's recession?

Got this email. What do you think about this plan?

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 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 50 in the work force. Pay them
$1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following
stipulations: = 40 billion (drop in the bucket)

  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.

 If not, please disregard.

“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: = 40 billion (drop in the bucket)”

Small problem with math here :slight_smile:

That’s the British billion.

Keynesian fail!

Well, Okami, at least it was your joke of the day… :roflmao:

The British drop and British bucket too I guess :slight_smile:

Americans need to wean themselves from the automobile.

Why?

That would make us weaners.

I’m weaned in Chicago and it S.U.C.K.S. let me tell you it takes an hour at least to get anywhere here, because CTA (cover thy ass) takes so long. If I had the money I would get a car. screw the environment. It’s not fun standing 14 inches of snow, with the wind factor making the temp -50.

/rant off