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How Not To Save Detroit
On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:15:41 -0700, cavedweller wrote:
> On Jun 7, 4:39*pm, "MG" > wrote: >> "Hachiroku ハチ*ク" > wrote in message >> >> news >> >> >> >> > On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:15:58 -0400, Frog Breeches wrote: >> >> >> C. E. White wrote: >> >>> Would be really funny except it is a little too close to the truth: >> >> >>>http://www.minyanville.com/audiovideo/703/1/23 >> >> >>> Ed >> >> >> They didn't bail out Detroit or American Industry or Americans. >> >> They bailed out Wall Street and Global Speculators and Banking. >> >> They should have bailed out the victims and let them(us)rescue the firms >> >> deserving bailing out with our spending. >> >> The result we have is that there is endless supply, of proposed and >> >> already implemented tax increases, fees, revenue enhancement, lost jobs, >> >> manufacturing base, and a devaluing currency. >> >> That's all upside down and they keep talking about preserving and >> >> improving it. >> >> > Someone (in the Toyota group) suggested a payment of $1M to every American >> > over 50, with certain stipulations: >> > You had to 'retire'. >> > You had to pay off any mortgages. >> > You had to buy a new American car. >> >> > I would suggest $2M... >> >> > I'd buy TWO American cars. >> > I'd sell my house for less than market value and build a brand new one. >> > I'd 'retire' but still keep some kind of job that no one else would want >> > (like the one I have...It's not full time) >> >> > That would have stimulated the economy a hell of a lot better than what >> > Barry did, AND cost exactly One Fu@k of a lot less. >> >> That one's been kicking around for awhile. *Do the math: >> >> How many Americans over 50? *The number I keep seeing is 40 million. >> Multiply that by 1,000,000 and you get 40 trillion. *Where does that come >> from? > > He's probably like my friend who proposed it to me six months > ago....an accountant I hate it when someone does the math... And, you don't have your friend coo...er, KEEP *your* books, do you?! |
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How Not To Save Detroit
On Jun 8, 11:02 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B > wrote:
> > > He's probably like my friend who proposed it to me six months > > ago....an accountant > > I hate it when someone does the math... > > And, you don't have your friend coo...er, KEEP *your* books, do you?! No way. |
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