an alternative stimulus....

[PostmodernProphet]

here's what I propose, at a cost of $250 billion dollars....

a national lottery, names drawn out of a hat and 250,000 people each receive a check for $100,000, tax free.......pay off your debts, fund a homeless shelter, buy a house, spend it all in Vegas, help out your friends.....your choice.....I guarantee you the American population would be stimulated......

[darin]

That's a good idea. Maybe they pay heads-of-households $100,000 (how many HoH taxes were filed last year?). No lottery. No guessing.

[manu1959]

why not just take the 1,000,000,000,000
and divide by the 300,000,000 people and cut everyone a check and see if the people know what to do.....

nah...the people would fuck it up.....lets have the government decide they always do what is best and nothing bad has ever happened when they decide.....

[PostmodernProphet]

why not just take the 1,000,000,000,000
and divide by the 300,000,000 people and cut everyone a check and see if the people know what to do.....

nah...the people would fuck it up.....lets have the government decide they always do what is best and nothing bad has ever happened when they decide.....

would you rather have a shot at $100k or a sure thing for $3 fiddy.....

[Mr. P]

would you rather have a shot at $100k or a sure thing for $3 fiddy.....

I'd settle for the "Fair" tax...forget about the Gov giving GIVING me anything, even by chance. :eek:

[Kathianne]

why not just take the 1,000,000,000,000
and divide by the 300,000,000 people and cut everyone a check and see if the people know what to do.....

nah...the people would fuck it up.....lets have the government decide they always do what is best and nothing bad has ever happened when they decide.....

Well first they need to tell all the companies they're 'bailing out' how to run them. What cars to build, what planes if any to buy, which offices should be redecorated or not...

Those Congress people are busy!

[Yurt]

how about, any debt 3 years or older, forgiven or greatly reduced. credit cards will have received good interest etc...i mean, it is the banks getting most of the bailout, so they are in effect double dipping. imagine if people's monthly payments toward debt was reduced significantly, all or most of that money would go straight back to the economy.

[DannyR]

how about, any debt 3 years or older, forgiven or greatly reduced. credit cards will have received good interest etc...i mean, it is the banks getting most of the bailout, so they are in effect double dipping. imagine if people's monthly payments toward debt was reduced significantly, all or most of that money would go straight back to the economy.

From what I've read, Americans own about 1 trillion in credit card debt. Seems like as worthy a way of stimulating the economy as what's proposed now for the same money.

[Immanuel]

I like PMP's idea, but I think it should be increased to $500 billion dollars and 500,000 taxpayers. Note: taxpayers in other words if you are already living off the kindness of the American people you don't qualify.

Just trying to increase my odds. :D

Couple that with the Fair Tax and the economy will improve.

Immie

[darin]

$500 billion dollars and 500,000 taxpayer over 6 feet in height and 200lbs in weight. Just trying to increase MY odds.

:D

[PostmodernProphet]

$500 billion dollars and 500,000 taxpayer over 6 feet in height and 200lbs in weight. Just trying to increase MY odds.

:D

$499,999,900,000 and 499,999 taxpayers.....screw the odds, I'm taking my cut now......