GOOD IDEA? Makes sense to me

[olblue60@aol.com]

Never look
down on someone unless you are helping them up!
Life is not measured by the
number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away
(George Carlin).

To my fellow Americans......

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
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 $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 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 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 $1000.00 ( '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, this plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5
Billion is returned
instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.




PS: Feel free to pass this along to your pals as it's either good for a
laugh
or a tear or a very sobering thought on how to best use $85 Billion!!

[lofly'a]

it'll never happen, ......but i'm in.

[drunkbus]

Originally Posted by olblue60@aol.com

Never look
down on someone unless you are helping them up!
Life is not measured by the
number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away
(George Carlin).

To my fellow Americans......

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
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 $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 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 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 $1000.00 ( '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, this plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5
Billion is returned
instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.




PS: Feel free to pass this along to your pals as it's either good for a
laugh
or a tear or a very sobering thought on how to best use $85 Billion!!

Sounds good to me. But 85,000,000,000 divided by 200,000,000 only gives each person $425.

[lowriden58]

it would never happen. but sure i would be in for 425bucks

[chevy_mike]

Originally Posted by drunkbus

Sounds good to me. But 85,000,000,000 divided by 200,000,000 only gives each person $425.

Yea, I don't think $425 is per person is going to do much to help.

Oh, and don't take this wrong but the math issue above is why the country is so screwed in the first place. I swear the high corprate management is doing the math the same way. This is that new math right?

[68caliRat]

MATH FAIL!

Somebody got their zeros wrong! Too funny! I'm still in for $425

[rambler]

sounds good to me, if I failed in my business, I would be liable for it.. and if you looked at the 700 billion bailout, that would give all voters.. $3,474.00 each

[70rs/ss]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=94699063

Between the 85 bil and the 700 bil it would come out to $3925 per 18 yo US citizen, still in our favor, since it is "OUR" money right! I am sorry bailing out golden parachutes is old. How many normal US citizens could live thier entire lives adding thier yearly incomes up and not see what some of these CEO's make in one year, or better yet a BONUS?! I know work hard and we can all be CEO's but I work hard everyday of my life and at my current yearly salary, well lets, just say it would take me a long time to earn theequivilant of one Bonus of some CEO's and I have a Master's degree, so I am not some burger flipper that is under achieving!! (No offense to burger flippers-K-?)


Great idea, just too bad the $3925, didn't have two zero's behind it as stated above, I'd love to get a paycheck for $392,500 (an NFL player's check for one week BTW, and not even a "GOOD" player, otherwise it would be 1 mil, 2mil, or 3 mil a game!!!)

[Longhorn Man]

2 things;
one... post this stuff in the right place OK? This has nothing to do with trucks, so i ammoving it to the general discussion area.
two... the first person that brings up anything political, will get a vacation per forum rules, and that person will get this thread locked.

[heavy71chevy]

Im in...Im sure were all sick and tired of this crap when it comes to being broke

[68C15]

how about instead we feed the hungry, house the homeless, and heal the sick. we could even bring all our boys back home and shave a bunch off our budget too.

[Leinie]

68c15 needs a vacation from the board as threatened

[Josh]

....................................................... and everyone wonders why we have the no politics rule...