9 H/ @9 K0 ^# w; a3 cDear Mr. President:0 V4 w; J$ i a( o0 A
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Please find below my suggestion for fixing America's economy.$ |7 P! |+ [4 X& l* L
Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander 6 a( Q( r) t" U. X: V8 w7 gthe money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following * J- ^/ y( i6 y/ ^9 h4 i: M8 splan.$ ?) f9 q& T/ @ K
6 V6 C5 ?- ?; r% eYou can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan: # u* n9 ^0 D7 ]$ { ( N6 W9 _+ g% J6 ~# \There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. ) \1 \6 Z% G3 k4 c4 G2 x $ f9 G) X" i; b z; zPay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the ' v+ e/ S; O- W$ \$ z$ x% xfollowing stipulations: , i4 R# E; n6 j3 p; D" P9 w* ]5 h/ f4 t1 V: u1 A) I
1) They MUST retire. Forty million job openings - 5 _- J% ?1 [! Z& y+ b$ ~& `Unemployment fixed. . k' ]% X: A" B1 S3 b3 E' s7 g8 Z- k0 q+ ]
2) They MUST buy a new American CAR. Forty million cars ordered-' ^$ Q6 u' k) b* j
Auto Industry fixed.* j5 w7 w5 H; _9 K
( p8 u4 e$ X- R0 }7 ^0 U& _3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage-3 r% D; Z+ M- N" }- r
Housing Crisis fixed. ! n: u: U, V3 H9 u. w8 b5 ^6 d# h+ f. u2 S$ o
It can't get any easier than that!- C0 L1 ~6 w4 k7 R6 |* B1 k7 F
If more money is needed, have all members of Congress and their C( ]/ x; m1 m3 S$ v
constituent