A stimulus alternative???

[kallisti]

I’d say the math.

[Haiku Guy]

Check your math.

$800 Billion is only $2,600 per person.

[StolarStorm]

Because maybe there are more than 300 people in the USA?

[OldGuard1]

You’re wrong in basic math. There are 300 million people in the US, not 300 people. $1m * 300m = 300 trillion dollars.

[Haiku Guy]

Well, how about the government gives a Million bucks to me and 299 of my closest FReeper friends?

[freeangel]

“Where am I wrong???”

The goal is to destroy the United States and make it part of a New World Order—not rescue it as the nation our founders had envisioned.

[joebellis]

the math is off by a million.

300 million each getting a 1 million would cost 30 gradtrillion dollars.

Please don’t give Obama any ideas.

[ClearCase_guy]

300,000,000 people
1,000,000 each
that’s
300,000,000,000,000

Which is a lot of money.

[joebellis]

the math is off by a million.

300 million each getting a 1 million would cost 30 gradtrillion dollars.

Please don’t give Obama any ideas.

[Haiku Guy]

Save yourself years of heart-ache and abuse and just change your screen-name now...

[StolarStorm]

But you do hit on a valid point. Rather than spend 800B why not just lower taxes by that amount?

[SnakeDoctor]

It would cost $300M to give everyone $1 ... not $1M.

SnakeDoc

[bamagirl1944]

Instead, he simply stole my $38000 IRA that was tied up in GM bonds along with that of many others.

[VRWCmember]

What would have happened if, instead of putting us in hock for $800B+, this administration had simply give every man, woman and child citizen $1M? That is only about $300M instead of $800B. ....

Where am I wrong???

First of all, your math is wrong. Since there are about 400 million people in the US, 1M for each person would be be $400,000,000,000,000 (or 400Trillion) rather than $300M.

[SnakeDoctor]

Your math is off exponentially.

"This is not a mundane detail, Michael!"

SnakeDoc

[aruanan]

First of all, your math is wrong. Since there are about 400 million people in the US, 1M for each person would be be $400,000,000,000,000 (or 400Trillion) rather than $300M.

Sounds like that guy is already working for the government.

[Marty62]

I think everyone is missing the point.
Why did the ususal suspects hand pick the winners of the taxpayer lottery.

Obviously it is the BIG UNIONS and Wall Street crooks.

Americans played the IRS lottery (taxes) and lost.

[dirtboy]

Your math is bad.

Your 'logic' is far, far worse.

[OldGuard1]

I hadn’t heard about that — did GM bonds become worthless when GM was bailed out? I just figured it was the GM bankruptcy that made them worthless.