Yes Don, that is another possibility.Also one could hand out free guns. One could continue with nationalizing the auto and oil industries. One could continue to give money to those who need it the most and who have to spend it to live.
On May 5, 11:32 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.- Hide > >>> quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
