Friday, April 3, 2009

Ah, good plan!

From an article collecting suggestions from readers re. the economic crisis:

Patriotic retirement: There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force … pay them $1 million apiece severance with stipulations. They leave their jobs. Forty million job openings — unemployment fixed. They buy new American cars. Forty million cars ordered — auto industry fixed. They either buy a house or pay off their mortgage — housing crisis fixed.
Where do I sign?

3 comments:

Tulkinghorn said...

I tried as hard as I could with my praise of Rita Mae Brown's cat mysteries, but this retires the 'Stupidest Post' award.

We can only go up from here.

David Chute said...

The person who responds to this as a serious suggestion and harumpshs over it brings the prize out of retirement.

Tulkinghorn said...

The evidence that I took you seriously is where?

If I had taken it seriously, all you would have seen was a rush to the exits.