Thanks to my cousin Evelin for sharing this excerpt from a St. Petersburg newspaper... Apparently, a couple of months ago the St. Petersburg Times asked its readers to write in with their ideas on the question "How would you fix the economy?" One man's response is pretty interesting...
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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 and 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 pay 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!!
P.S. If any more money is needed, have all members in Congress and their constituents pay their taxes........Mr. President, while you are at it, make Congress retire on Social Security and Medicare. I'll bet both programs would be fixed pronto!"
St. Petersburg Times @ TampaBay.com
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It's clever! Though, highly unlikely to occur... And, although I'm sure most people would jump at the cool million, there would be many who would not. To play devil's advocate, it would be discriminatory and unfair to force out people over fifty from our workforce by bribing them with a million dollar retirement severance. However, with all that said, if I was Obama - I'd chuckle and invite this guy to the White House for dinner ASAP to get some more insight! :)
What do you think?
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