Budget Alternative

[touch_of_magic]

Dear Mr. Harper,



Please find below my suggestion for fixing Canada's economy.



Instead of giving billions of dollars to the car industry that will squander

the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan.

You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan:



There are about 10 million people over 50 in the work force.

Pay them 1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:


1) They MUST retire. Ten million job openings - Unemployment fixed.


2) They MUST buy a new CAR. Ten million cars ordered - Automotive Industry fixed.


3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing and Mortgage Crisis fixed.


4) They must send their kids to school / college / university - Crime rate fixed.


5) Buy $50 of alcohol/gas a week - there's your money back in duty / tax etc.


It can't get any easier than that!


P.S. If more money is needed, have all members of parliament pay back their falsely claimed expenses and second home allowances.

 

[moresex4me]

Dear Mr. Harper,



Please find below my suggestion for fixing Canada's economy.



Instead of giving billions of dollars to the car industry that will squander

the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan.

You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan:



There are about 10 million people over 50 in the work force.

Pay them 1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:


1) They MUST retire. Ten million job openings - Unemployment fixed.


2) They MUST buy a new CAR. Ten million cars ordered - Automotive Industry fixed.


3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing and Mortgage Crisis fixed.


4) They must send their kids to school / college / university - Crime rate fixed.


5) Buy $50 of alcohol/gas a week - there's your money back in duty / tax etc.


It can't get any easier than that!


P.S. If more money is needed, have all members of parliament pay back their falsely claimed expenses and second home allowances.

You had me until I did the math. That's $10 trillion, or about 50 times any reasonable stimulus package in Canada. Plus losing all that experience would have a severe impact on our productivity, which would tank the economy. Nice try, though! (I'm guessing you are over 50).

 

[touch_of_magic]

You had me until I did the math. That's $10 trillion, or about 50 times any reasonable stimulus package in Canada. Plus losing all that experience would have a severe impact on our productivity, which would tank the economy. Nice try, though! (I'm guessing you are over 50).

LOL...I didnt write it...someone sent it to me.
And no; I am not over 50

 

[ig-88]

A similar version was done for the US, and there are the same problems with the proposed ideas.

It's a joke chain e-mail.