what do you think of this plan?
my friend sent this to me…. sounds like a plan!
Sounds like a good plan to me!! Why can’t we do this ?
I’m against the ,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.
Instead, I’m in favor of giving ,000,000,000 to America in
a We Deserve It Dividend.
To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000
bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.
Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman
and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..
So divide 200 million adults 18+ into billon that equals 5,000.00.
My plan is to give 5,0 00 to every person 18+ as a
We Deserve It Dividend.
Of course, it would NOT be tax free.
So let’s assume a tax rate of 30%.
Every individual 18+ has to pay 7,500.00 in taxes.
That sends ,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.
But it means that every adult 18+ has 7,500.00 in their pocket.
A husband and wife has 5,000.00.
What would you do with 7,500.00 to 5,000.00 in your family?
Pay off your mortgage – housing crisis solved.
Repay college loans – what a great boost to new grads
Put away money for college – it’ll be there
Save in a bank – create money to loan to entrepreneurs.
Buy a new car – create jobs
Invest in the market – capital drives growth
Pay for your parent’s medical insurance – health care improves
Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean or else
Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks
who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other compan y
that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.
If we’re going to re-distribute wealth let’s really do it…instead of trickling out
a puny 00.00 economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President.
If we’re going to do an billion bailout, let’s bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!
As for AIG – liquidate it.
Sell off its parts.
Let American General go back to being American General.
Sell off the real estate.
Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.
Here’s my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn’t.
Sure it’s a crazy idea that can work.
But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!
How do you spell Economic Boom?
I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the Billion
We Deserve It Dividend more than the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC .
And remember, The Family pla n only really costs .5 Billion because .5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.
Ahhh…I feel so much better getting that off my chest.
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7 comments
Si Se Puede/Yes We Can on July 20, 2009 at 8:20 pm
It would work for me personally… I don’t know about everyone else, there are alot of idiots out there….
Queen of Beer on July 20, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Most people are too stupid to be handed money like that. When we were sent the stimulus checks many people went out and bought frivolous things instead of paying down their debt or saving it (do people even save money anymore). Dumb idea, would never work.
JonnyMac on July 20, 2009 at 8:20 pm
this plan sounds great unless you count the fact that the math is all wrong. 85 billion divided by 200 million is only 425. Not 425,000. Maybe the government should bail out our education system instead of Wall Street.
jomama on July 20, 2009 at 8:20 pm
sure….forward that to your local congressman and maybe hell forward it to the governor wholl maybe forward it to the white house and maybe itll get to president bush wholl maybe try to pass it off as a bill and maybe the house will vote yes and then maybe well all get to drive around in sports cars and convertibles in our designer shades and hold hands and skip happily off into a field of daisys as the sun rises above the mountains with ‘i will survive’ playing on a ginormous set of speakers. while a ceo trims my weeds and bathes my grandmother.
Galaxie Girl on July 20, 2009 at 8:20 pm
I’ll tell you the same thing I told the last guy who posted this on here: the math is wrong. That would only be $425 per person, not $425,000.
Agent Smith on July 20, 2009 at 8:20 pm
1) but ….. we don’t "Deserve" it.
2) The bailout will result in taking money from everyone that has saved due to it’s inflationary effects.
a) your plan has the same effect: hyper-inflation
b) you can increase the supply of money – but this does not change the available goods and services: only more dollars chase after the same amount of goods or services (INFLATION).
3) Worst case scenario to do nothing: recession.
NO BAILOUT! NO WORKOUT! NO WAY! ZERO! ZIP! NADA!
Leigh-Ann Blommel on July 20, 2009 at 8:20 pm
The math is wrong.