"How Would You Fix the Economy?"

Usually my friends send me forwarded jokes, never-fail prayers (IF you send them on to X number of people within X minutes of receiving the forward), and cutesy-poo pictures of puppies, kittens, babies, et al. Today I got this from one of my better sources:

This is from an article in the St. Petersburg, FL Times newspaper
on Sunday. The Business Section asked readers for ideas on "How
Would You Fix The Economy?" I think this guy nailed it!
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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 & 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:

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! If more money is needed, have
all members of Congress & their constituents pay their taxes.


If you think this would work, please forward to everyone you know.

If not, please disregard. Then shoot yourself. One job opening.

I think that last one is harsh. We're just assuming the person who is disregarding this message is EMPLOYED. And also, How about including the folks who are already retired--with the stipulation that they MUST pay for their own health care, wherever they can find it?

For those who don't WANT to buy a car, they MUST contribute the equivalent of the cost of a car plus two years' worth of insurance and gas to their local transit agency.