September 24 at 6:12PM
Barney Frank Hails John McCain's Mary
NBC's Mike Viqueira reports…
Rep. Barney Frank told a group of reporters outside the House chamber: "It's the longest Hail Mary pass in the history of either football or Marys."
Wow. That's gotta be at least 2,000 years.
Insert obligatory "John McCain is old" joke here.
Followed by obligatory "Barney Frank is gay" joke here.
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Wex Rex- Sounds great. But like, wouldn't you rather get like 2,000 McDonald's apple pies?
I hope you're not in charge of the economy, Wex, because your accounting is about as accurate as Enron's. 85 billion divided by 200 million is $425. Which can almost buy you a nice refrigerator, complete with a large box to live in once your house gets foreclosed.
Dude the 85 million is a loan not a gift.
The Bailout is not a Bailout but a controlled sale of assets when they have risen to a reasonable value. If there is a "profit" taxpayers should get a refund. Please keep to the facts. THe last thing we need is a bunch of angry people making up their minds based on false sound bites. The american people are smarter than that. Thanks for listening.
The McCain crew has been running this campaign like a stoned freshman dormie breaking in his first edition of "Madden." Going deep every time on 4th and long. Palin hot? Go for it. Polls down? Trick punt.
This Hail Mary ain't gonna fly like Flutie's. When both go to the debate, McCain will accuse Barack of debating. Then the debate will be a debate over debates.
I’m against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.
Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in
a We Deserve It Dividend.
To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000
bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.
Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman
and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..
So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00.
My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a
We Deserve It Dividend.
Of course, it would NOT be tax free.
So let’s assume a tax rate of 30%.
Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.
That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.
But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.
A husband and wife has $595,000.00.
What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?
Pay off your mortgage – housing crisis solved.
Repay college loans – what a great boost to new grads
Put away money for college – it’ll be there
Save in a bank – create money to loan to entrepreneurs.
Buy a new car – create jobs
Invest in the market – capital drives growth
Pay for your parent’s medical insurance – health care improves
Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean – or else
Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks
who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company
that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.
If we’re going to re-distribute wealth let’s really do it…instead of trickling out
a puny $1000.00 ( “vote buy” ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President.
If we’re going to do an $85 billion bailout, let’s bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!
As for AIG – liquidate it.
Sell off its parts.
Let American General go back to being American General.
Sell off the real estate.
Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.
Here’s my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn’t.
Sure it’s a crazy idea that can “never work.”
But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!
How do you spell Economic Boom?
I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion
We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC .
And remember, The Davis plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned
instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.
Ahhh…I feel so much better getting that off my chest.
Kindest personal regards,
Art
A.C.Davis, A Creative Guy & Citizen of the Republic
PS: Feel free to pass this along to your pals as it’s either good for a laugh
or a tear or a very sobering thought on how to best use $85 Billion!!