Dear Mona Charen,
I thought you and the readers would enjoy this article.
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This was an article from the St. Petersburg Times Newspaper
on Sunday.
The Business Section asked readers for ideas on "How
Would You Fix the Economy?"
I thought this was the BEST idea....
I think this guy nailed it!

Dear Mr. President,
Patriotic retirement:
There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force
- Pay them $1 million apiece severance with the following
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/pay off their mortgage - Housing
Crisis fixed.
It can't get any easier than that!
PS If more money is needed, have all members in Congress
and their constituents pay their taxes…
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MY COMMENTS, BELOW, ADDED TO THIS ARTICLE:
WONDERFUL IDEAS, BUT TAXPAYERS, THAT IS ONES' THAT HAVE A JOB AT PRESENT, KNOW THERE'S MORE TO BE ADDED TO THIS LIST, AS THE 'SHIP IS SINKING FAST' AND THERE'S GOING TO BE 'ABSOLUTELY NO ONE' TO KEEP IT AFLOAT!
1] 'CUT ALL POLITICIANS SALARIES & RETIREMENTS (LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS) TO $12,000.00 YEARLY', IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THIS TO 'SAVE AMERICA FROM THEIR OWN DOINGS' THEN:
2] TAKE ALL THEIRE ASSETS AND BANK ACCOUNTS, WORLDWIDE, AND PAY OFF THE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEY'VE BORROWED WITHOUT TAXPAYERS' CONSENT, AND PUT THE REST OF MONIES INTO THE TAXPAYERS' HANDS; AFTER ALL, THESE ARE THE ONES POLITICIANS HAVE STRIPPED OF EVERYTHING THEY'VE WORKED FOR!
3] SELL THEM A ONE-WAY TICKET TO THE FOREIGN COUNTRIES THEY'VE SOLD AMERICA OUT TO, WITH JUST THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACKS, JUST TO LET THEM KNOW 'YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START OVER, JUST LIKE THE TAXPAYERS YOU'VE TAKEN THEIR LIVES, JOBS, AND STABILITY AWAY FROM!'
4] 'CUT ALL SOCIAL, WELFARE, HANDOUTS, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, ALL COMMITTEES, SUB-COMMITTEES, ETC. AS THESE 'SO-CALLED ENTITLEMENTS' ARE THE 'STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMELS' BACK!'
5] FREDDIE, FANNIE, AIG, INSURANCE COMPANIES, LARGE BANKS, CAR MAKERS, THAT CAN'T MAKE IT WITHOUT HANDOUTS & BAILOUTS (THIS IS THE POLITICIANS' FAULT) NEED TO FILE BANKRUPTCY. IF THEY FAIL TO RE-ORGANIZE, ON THEIR OWN, AMERICA IS BETTER OFF WITHOUT THEM!
6] ONLY 40% AMERICANS WORKING (AT PRESENT), 20% RETIRED, AND THE OTHER 40% THAT'S ALWAYS LIVED OFF SOCIAL AND WELFARE PROGRAMS, NEVER WORKED, NEVER PAID TAXES, AND CONTINUE TO EXPECT HANDOUTS FOR THEIR ILLEGITIMATES, HAVING MORE ILLEGITIMATES, IT'S TIME AMERICA SAYS 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!' MAYBE THEY CAN ALL BE SENT TO THE SAME PLACE THE 'TAX & SPEND POLITICIANS' ARE GOING TO BE SENT!
7] WHILE I'M ON A ROLL - "POLITICIANS HAVE TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS, AND THIS IS WHY AMERICA IS IN THE SHAPE IT'S IN! WHY ARE ALL THE POLITICIANS ALWAYS GOING PLACES, SPENDING MONEY WE DON'T HAVE, JUST TO 'YAK, YAK, AND YAK, AS IT OBVIOUS, THEY "DO NOT" KNOW HOW TO DO ANYTHING!" THEY'RE DOING NOTHING 'CONSTRUCTIVE' FOR AMERICA, SO WHY ARE THEY STILL DRAWING A SALARY AND BENEFITS?
A WAKE UP CALL IS NEEDED IN AMERICA!