I don't know about you but I am sick of "trickle down" economics and the idea that prosperity will eventually make it to those of us who work for a living. The idea is way to much like eating at the end of a conveyor belt--the pickings are thin down at the end of the line.
How about we try something real radical for an economic stimulus package, something that is direct, to the point, and really off the wall? How about we give ever American household a check for $25,000 tax-free? What would that do for the economy?
I did some calculations and I figure that this would cost us something like $3 billion, which will probably be what we will pay for the current AIG bailout, the current bank bailout, the future US automaker bailout, and the future US credit card lender bailout. But, unlike those bailouts, the money won't go to rewarding billionaire CEOs and multinational corporations, instead it will go directly into our pockets from whence it will go to pay-off bills, buy stuff, go into savings, and into investments. And it is big enough to make a real, honest-to-God difference!
So, forget about piddling checks for $100 here or a $1000 there. Instead, the government should go for broke and put a large chunk of money into the pockets of the people who need it most: the American People.
Write your government today and tell them that you want a Kick-in-the-Pants stimulus package and you want it now!
