I don’t know where this came from originally but Steve of Diary of a Goldwinger fame e-mailed it to me.
Dear Mr. Darling,
Please find below my suggestion for fixing Britain 's economy. Instead of giving billions of pounds to banks that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan:
There are about 20 million people over 50 in the work force. - Pay them £1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:
1) They MUST retire. Twenty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.
2) They MUST buy a new British CAR. Twenty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.
3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.
4) They must send their kids to school / college /university - Crime rate fixed
5) Buy £50 of alcohol / tobacco a week there's your money back in duty / tax etc
It can't get any easier than that!
P.S. If more money is needed, have all members of parliament pay back there falsely claimed expenses and second home allowances.
no it's not as easy as that - simple spending will not do nothing, if it would work we all would have a little printing press for money and just go and buy stuff and economy would be in great shape, yes ? no ! wrong! look at this :
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU8jCa_dKTM&feature=channel_page
The article is simple, partly tongue in cheek and anonymous has got it wrong. It doesn't suggest printing money. These are practical good housekeeping tips that don't go far enough but are easier to look at than an hour long lecture from Peter Schiff. Try making it more accessible.
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