Thought I'd better include this link to assure no one misunderstands my sick humor.
http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html dj On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
