A friend I used to work with,
a civillian up at Hill Air Force Base,

Had the idea, to give each
Federal Government worker
a 1 Million Dollar buy out!
No retirement other wise.
No SS, No Pension.

This would open up many thousands
of jobs to be filled by the un-employed.

And save the government stimulus money to boot !!!

I haven't done the math.
But... I have seen our tax dollars at work
up close & personal !!!??? :o)
This just may work!

JC...

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:05 PM, joel walker <uncajoel@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> all this credit card talk got me to thinking about all this economic
> stimulus stuff.
>
> and an idea popped into my head. (hey, it happens!).
>
> suppose, just suppose, that instead of giving money to the car
> companies, the government just reimbursed them as they GAVE their
> inventory away.
>
> An Alternate Ecomonic Bailout Stimulus Package Deal :)
> (bailout to me has always been what you do with a parachute when the
> plane is on fire or the wings are falling off. stimulus? well, the
> less said, the better).
>
> tell me what you think ...
>
> 1. GM and Chrysler would GIVE away their inventory of cars to
> customers.
>
> 2. the government would pay wholesale prices to these companies.
>  no paperwork fees or any other sorts of fees would be allowed
>  at the dealer.
>
> 3. the customer/recipient would be responsible for all local and
> state
>  taxes, as well as insurance and licensing costs.
>
> 4. the customer must agree to keep the car for a minimum of three (3)
> years.
>  it cannot be sold prior to that time.
>  it may, however, be traded on another new car during the three
> years.
>
> the idea is, this would reduce the ailing car companies inventories
> of unsold cars.
> and could be used in place of some of the 'bailout' money.
>
> it would help the economy in the following ways:
>  a. less gas should be consumed by newer more efficient cars.
> (in theory anyway)
>
>  b. less greenhouse emissions should be produced by the newer cars.
> (again, in theory)
>
>  c. auto dealers would reap benefits from their service departments
>  when these cars need oil changes and other maintenance.
>
>  d. the customers would have more money to spend on other local
> economy
>  purchases since they are not making car payments.
>
>  e. it might even cause the companies to recall laid-off workers to
> build
>  more cars for the program, thus giving some relief to the
>  workers and to the suppliers to the companies assembly lines.
>
>  f. it would increase the volume of business for auto insurance
> companies
>  since it is likely that a lot of people who cannot afford an
>  auto now would get one under this program. so money needed to bail
> out
> insurance companies would be less. maybe.
>
> however, some issues might cause problems:
>
>  i. if the customer already has a car, even an old clunker,
>  what do we do in that situation?
>  should they be forced to trade it in? or give it to the dealer?
>  if so, should certain aged cars be scrapped?
>  or should the cars be resold? this might cause a problem with the
>  used car dealers becoming overstocked very quickly.
>  and with free new cars available, who would want a used car?
>
>
> anybody got any additional suggestions? other than scrapping the whole
> idea. ;)
>
> unca joel
>

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