Not everyone has a job anyone can do. Trying this would destroy productivity. A better idea would be to pay seniors to commit suicide, open free heroin clinics to OD addicts and end all hunger relief programs. A heavy police presence would be required due to increased rioting but after a few years things should settle out.
Just a modest proposal. dj On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > > There was an article in the St. Petersburg Times newspaper last > Sunday. > The Business Section asked readers for ideas on "How Would You Fix the > Economy?" > Here's what one guy wrote back: > > Dear Mr.President, > There are about 40 million people over the age of 50 in the work > force. > Pay each of them $1 million as severance with the following > 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 this and it's still cheaper than the "bailout" ! > > On Apr 23, 5:21 am, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: >> But on the upside, I think this crisis will shake a lot of bad apples >> out of the tree and inspire some rational regulation and legislation >> that will prevent it from happening again any time soon. It's going >> to be a tricky balance, finding the right level of regulation so that >> it doesn't choke or kill capitalism and a free market economy. >> Capitalism is good, I believe, but human greed and fear have to be >> regulated so they don't run away with the horse and wagon again. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
