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hale23
03-30-2009, 08:28 AM
From an article in the St. Petersburg, Fla., Times business section.
Readers were asked for their ideas on fixing the economy.

Here is the favorite: A reader proposed a plan to create instant
millionaires:

“There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them $1
million apiece severance pay, with these stipulations:
“1. They leave their jobs. Forty million job openings — unemployment fixed.
“2. They buy NEW American cars. Forty million cars ordered — auto industry
fixed.
“3. They either buy a house or pay off their mortgage — housing crisis
fixed.”

Who says economics are difficult?
F-16Guy
03-30-2009, 08:36 AM
Okay, maybe my math is fuzzy, but isn't that $40 TRILLION?? I don't think Obama's gotten there yet. That's a little more debt than I care to take on.
05LSR250R
03-30-2009, 10:04 AM
Originally posted by F-16Guy
Okay, maybe my math is fuzzy, but isn't that $40 TRILLION?? I don't think Obama's gotten there yet. That's a little more debt than I care to take on.

Its 40 Million..........much better than the billions were spending right now! Were in for a world of hurt people!
jesseweaver
03-30-2009, 10:06 AM
but most of the 50 year olds go buy a 400000$ house, spend $100000 on cars and then they have half a million to live off of for the rest of their lives. give them their social security but then thats gonna be even less of a chance of us getting any because they need social security money for 30 years instead of 15. the majority of them wouldn't know how to manage that money and it'd be gone pretty quick. then were really screwed.
jesseweaver
03-30-2009, 10:08 AM
Originally posted by 05LSR250R
Its 40 Million..........much better than the billions were spending right now! Were in for a world of hurt people!

no its 40 trillion hes right.

40,000,000 people
x 1,000,000 $/person

=$40,000,000,000,000
Ralph
03-30-2009, 10:18 AM
Originally posted by jesseweaver
no its 40 trillion hes right.

40,000,000 people
x 1,000,000 $/person

=$40,000,000,000,000
http://hardwarelogic.com/articles/blogs/Website_Reviews_and_You/MoreYouKnow.jpg
F-16Guy
03-30-2009, 10:26 AM
The GDP of the United States is only about $14 Trillion, so I think a $40T early retirement plan is out of the question (unless it includes me, of course ;) ).
jesseweaver
03-30-2009, 10:43 AM
Originally posted by Ralph
http://hardwarelogic.com/articles/blogs/Website_Reviews_and_You/MoreYouKnow.jpg

haha thanks
hale23
03-30-2009, 11:21 AM
This was really just a joke but I'm suprised it wasn't actually thought of. But considering how much cash went to bonuses that was already given out had they not found out and taxed them...
I'm still waiting on the farmers share since our milk prices dropped to $9.15 last month. :ermm:
Dan_Guetter
03-30-2009, 12:23 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A
muddy400EX
03-30-2009, 01:58 PM
Originally posted by 05LSR250R
Its 40 Million..........much better than the billions were spending right now! Were in for a world of hurt people!


that would be if it was 40 people getting a million a piece, 40 MILLION people is a whoooole different story:eek2:
05LSR250R
03-30-2009, 02:00 PM
OK...I'll admit it! Im not good with numbers!:rolleyes:
03-30-2009, 02:04 PM
40 trillion in debt is more than a country can repay or come back from.
extremeblastr
03-30-2009, 06:08 PM
Originally posted by jesseweaver
but most of the 50 year olds go buy a 400000$ house, spend $100000 on cars and then they have half a million to live off of for the rest of their lives. give them their social security but then thats gonna be even less of a chance of us getting any because they need social security money for 30 years instead of 15. the majority of them wouldn't know how to manage that money and it'd be gone pretty quick. then were really screwed.

almost but not quite....can't collect social security til your 65 unless you fall under certain excpetions
jesseweaver
03-30-2009, 10:18 PM
Originally posted by extremeblastr
almost but not quite....can't collect social security til your 65 unless you fall under certain excpetions

oh sht my bad, didnt know that. thanks haha i dont know much about ss at all. just that government borrowed from the ss account and couldnt pay it back, and now they use the ss money that we pay to pay off the retired people, so were not really getting anything, unless they keep borrowing from generation to generation. is that the general idea?
Warnerade
03-31-2009, 03:36 PM
Originally posted by 05LSR250R
OK...I'll admit it! Im not good with numbers!:rolleyes: or reality for that matter
js52589
03-31-2009, 03:49 PM
wow great math there

my friends dad tried to tell me the same thing

do the math


:chinese:
Cr85rRida
03-31-2009, 07:22 PM
Originally posted by Shift_DVS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A



holy crap that made my freaking day hahahahahahaha clever thinking!
05LSR250R
03-31-2009, 08:32 PM
Originally posted by Warnerade
or reality for that matter

LMAO! How you doin' Warnerade? I was wondering when you were gonna jump on that.