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Can’t believe I just turned 40.
That was quick
I Really hate chain eMails, I really do…
You know what I am going to say next, “but this one…”
Well your correct, not sure where the guy got 85B from, but it sure would pump some money back into the system. The only problem with it is that most Americans, unfortunately, are not responsible enough to pay off their debts. They would think they were rich and fall further into debt. You see this happen all the time with lottery winners. How great will it be if it really did happen?!?
I would love to pay of my house and purchase a new motorcycle. You know, I wouldn’t pressure my employer for such a large raise anymore either. Without my mortgage, my family will be able to build our wealth again without raising costs on my employer. Hmmm
By the way, if you know who originally wrote this, please let me know so I may give credit where it’s due!
OK, I really do hate chain eMails, I really do, and still do. I should of never posted this without checking at least the numbers. Pfft, I am ashamed.
So 85,000,000,000 / 200,000,000 = 425; not 425,000. So $425 per person is more like the current administrations attempt to spark the economy, which basically I used to buy groceries.
This idea sounds just crazy enough to possibly work, so naturally it won’t
be given serious consideration. How great is our government??
Hi Pals,
I’m against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.
Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve
It Dividend.
To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000 bona-fide 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 $85 billion that equals $425,000.00.
My plan is to give $425,000 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 $127,500.00 in taxes.
That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.
But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.
A husband and wife has $595,000.00.
What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 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 Dead-beat 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 company 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 $1,000.00 ( ‘vote buy’ ) economic incentive that is
being proposed
by one of our candidates for President.
If we’re going to do an $85 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 ‘never 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 $85 Billion.
We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington
DC.
And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5
Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.
Can you imagine what might happen if the bailout, $700 billion was given as
a We Deserve It Dividend?
Rest in peace Paul Newman, thank you very much for entertaining us so well for so long. You will be missed.
I really don’t understand it; why in the world has gasoline gone up 35 cents within the last week? Sure you are going to say, because of Ike; but Texas contains 20% of our refining equipment, and there isn’t any shortage of fuel right now. So, you say, because of Ike, there it’s very probable there will be a shortage. Phooey, enough of that one. Gasoline is so important it affects the prices of absolutely every thing else we do in this world (I mean, oil is the worlds currency after all) . Gasoline price should not be based on probabilities, but actualities. The only people benefiting from probabilities is the gas and oil companies. They are having record quarters, quarter after quarter and are still allowed to rape the public, quarter after quarter. It’s not about the price as a whole, it is what it is; what I don’t understand is the wild price increases every time someone farts next to a refining plant. The prices always shoot up wicked fast, but come back down much more cautiously.
What am I missing, can anyone tell me? Why are there mad changes in price when it does nothing to control supply and demand? You can raise the gas to $7 a gallon tomorrow, and I will still have to fill up my vehicle so I can go to work. The transportation companies will still fill there tanks, too. There is no choice in the matter, the fuel necessary and nobody can change that today.
By the way, does the government still give the oil/gas companies tax breaks and other spiffs?
Big day in our family today; I have disassembled my childrens crib for the last time. They are both now sleeping in regular beds. Well the younger one is in a firetruck bed, not sure if that would be considered normal?
Oh, but it feels sooooo good. It’s only the second week of June and we had to turn out A/C on already; mostly so everyone will get a good night’s sleep. It’s really, really humid here in Chicago, so much so everything is sticking together. I don’t mind it so much, but anyone with kids knows, let them get a good nights sleep, or everyone will be miserable. I am actually beginning to miss having the windows in the house. It seems it’s too cold from winter, and spring. Then before you know it, it’s 85 and 73% humidity.
Oh well.
There is a new M&M commercial out for their M&M ice cream which really made me smile. Enough, so I had to write about it.
Red M&M and Yellow Peanut M&M are really cold in a freezer wondering if life will go on, when the door is opened and they are asked to leave the stores freezer unit. As they are leaving the Yellow Peanut M&M asks, “Why is my ‘M’ so small.”
As replied by Red M&M, “It’s called shrinkage.”
Nice. 😛
Here is a video of it someone recorded off of their TV:
I very good watch IMHO.
Thank you for sharing so this Steve, so others may find this.
My son is six and really likes music. I really want him to enjoy music and listen to it when he can, but I am having a real problem figuring out what to let him listen too. There is so much out there and so much of it just doesn’t seem appropriate and I don’t feel like answering 20 questions about each song. There are alway kids songs but they often mechanically suck. Disney channel? music is ok, but I don’t like the “perfect person” standard they are setting.
Perhaps I am just being to hypocritical and need to chill out. I don’t know, I just don’t want to force feed my son into the “perfect” world of Disney TV. It really is commercial shit.
Are there any suggestions out there that wont bore the hell out of my son or make me wonder how it’s twisting him?
So I logged in the other day and noticed that WordPress changed things around a bit. Nothing horrible but surely different. Anyway I don’t get the changes as they don’t seem to solve any issue, they are just a different way to do the same thing. And now I am just trying to figure out how to do /x/ now. Perhaps I am just missing it all together…
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