The Best Economic Plan I've Heard Yet...

Good grief! That thought never occurred to me, but it sure IS a good idea and it makes LOTS of sense.

Unfortunately it'll never happen, because the government doesn't do much of ANYTHING that makes SENSE.

Can you imagine how the economy would rebound though?

People would buy houses, cars, furniture, clothing, provide for higher education and so much more. I'd be able to afford a 4-pack of Natural Light, for heaven's sake!

Memo to self: Good ideas come and go. Too bad most of our politicians don't just "GO"! (C) 2008 RJScott

Every time I hear how much a celebrity makes for just one appearance, commerical or even a movie I think of the same thing. If that person would just give $1 million to however many people...what a difference that would make. Same goes with all those professional sports players too. I thought I was the only one who thought that way.

Great idea, but that will never happen. I would much rather have the million (who wouldn't?) to invest or spend my way. I don't have a whole lot of faith in the government and what they do with our money. If that ever were to happen, of course we'd have to pay a tax on that million. Can't get away from taxes.

I second that notion.

I saw that last night.
Well said.
Brilliant idea, simply brilliant.

Ooh ooh, sounds good annie! LOL. Lots of people would overindulge and croak, too. Fewer people to support. I like it.

I realize it is unrealistic but at least he can find humor in the whole thing.

I heard about that and thought at it would be great too, but after thinking about it a little more, I realized there are some inherent problems with it. Put simply, it would lead to ridiculous inflation (too much money, chasing too little goods). Think about it. If everyone had a million dollars in their hands that would simply mean that our purchasing power would be greater, placing greater demand on the goods and services. Certainly there will be a surge in the economy, but sooner or later, suppliers of goods and services will hike up the prices of goods and services because they now know that we can all afford it. As you and I know, no matter how good an investor you are, money is a limited resource and soon we will be back to where we are with ridiculously high inflation.

Actually for the numbers to be about the same it would only be about 2.3k per person. That would still go a long way toward getting things moving again.

Hey, that would be good. But of course we all know that that isn't going to happen. I have to agree it would sure boost the economy as everyone would spend a lot of it and not just hoard it in the bank, like the really rich do now. I know a few millionairs as I clean their houses, and most of them are so cheap, they don't like to spend money on anything. Then I have some that spend and spend and spend, like there is no tomorrow. Those ones are the ones that boost our economy but there aren't enough of them that like to spend their money.

So I have to agree with you on this one. Not just the Americans though, they should give everyone in the world money. There should not be any poor countries, just print some more money. After all, it is only paper and ink.