"Jean B." > wrote in message
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> Dimitri wrote:
>> A friend sent me this.
>>
>> I have been thinking about this whole bail out deal a lot. I am not going
>> over what the bail out is about, you guys already know and if you don't
>> just search the topic in the search bar.. Anyway, instead of giving the
>> banks that threw us into this mess the 700 billion why not cut every
>> American a check for a million bucks?? Think about it.. Every family gets
>> a million dollars. First thing, debt will be paid off. Most Americans are
>> busting their butts trying to pay off debt. With a million dollars, there
>> is more then enough to pay off ALL of your debt and the credit industry
>> will be back to normal.. Next, pay off the mortgages. Now we have the
>> banks back in the right financial state without giving them ALL of the
>> money from the bailout...and people will be able to keep their homes.
>> Better yet, people will be buying homes, so the real estate industry will
>> not be suffering anymore. In addition to that, the construction industry
>> will be a good place to make jobs because people will be building homes
>> as well as buying. Now, I don't know about you guys, but after squaring
>> my debt away, paying off/buying a new home, and getting a car that
>> actually runs.. I'm going shopping!! The economy would BOOM if everyone
>> in the country had enough money to shop.. I'm not talking go to the store
>> and spend a hundred bucks.. I mean SHOP. Stocks would soar and the
>> American economy would be back to normal. Not only that, but the stores
>> and such would need more employees due to the rise in shoppers. That
>> would provide jobs for everyone. More cars would need to be made because
>> the demand would go up, so factories would be looking for more help. It
>> would just be an all around good deal IMO.
>>
>>
> Interesting idea. Send it to the current administration.

they are already on this path.