From: Anne Schaefer <anne-AT-tanglewoodmarionettes.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:19:12 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Solution to the Problem


To give 40 million people a million each, you'd need 40 trillion  
dollars.
On Mar 25, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Jim Gamble wrote:

>
>  This was an article from the St. Petersburg Times
>                          Newspaper on Sunday. The Business Section
>                            asked readers for ideas on "How Would You  
> Fix the
>                            Economy?" I thought this was the BEST  
> idea....I
>                          think this guy has nailed it!
>
> Dear Mr. President,
>
> Let's call  this the "Patriotic retirement" :
>
> There  are about 40 million people over 50 in the work
>                            force, so why not pay them $1 million a  
> piece
>                          severance with these stipulations :
>
>                                1) They must leave their jobs. Forty  
> million job
>                          openings - Unemployment
>                          fixed.
>
>         2) They must buy NEW American
>                            cars. Forty million cars ordered - Auto  
> Industry
>                          fixed.
>
>
>                            3) They must either buy a house or pay  
> off their
>                          mortgage - Housing Crisis
>                          fixed.
>
> Just a feasible solution......Jim Gamble
>
>
>
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