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The Patriotic Retirement Program.....
Mar 11^th, 2011 at 12:14pm

There are about 40 million people over 50 in the workplace. Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:

1) They MUST retire. 40 million job openings....unemployment fixed!!!

2) They MUST buy a new AMERICAN car. 40 million cars ordered.....Auto Industry fixed!!!!

3) They MUST either buy a new house or pay off their mortgage......Housing crisis fixed!!!

It can't get any easier than that!!!!

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Kevin_M CH.com Sponsor Offline withered branches grow green again. Posts: 8754 Michigan, USA Gender:	Re: The Patriotic Retirement Program..... Reply #1 - Mar 11^th, 2011 at 12:26pm A million times 40 million. Is that 40,000,000,000,000?
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Re: The Patriotic Retirement Program.....
Reply #2 - Mar 11^th, 2011 at 2:48pm

Kevin_M wrote on Mar 11^th, 2011 at 12:26pm:

A million times 40 million. Is that 40,000,000,000,000?

Kevin, if you're going to work in politics, you need to understand that numbers don't really mean anything! Grin

A trillion here, a trillion there, pretty soon those poor people at the mint are working triple shifts to keep up with the demand!

Joe

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BigMatt CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Live to ride, ride to live. Posts: 1089 Mountain View, CA Gender:	Re: The Patriotic Retirement Program..... Reply #3 - Mar 11^th, 2011 at 5:22pm Make it 48 and older and I am in!
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BarbaraD CH.com Alumnus Offline Hugs to ya Posts: 8333 Douglasville, TX Gender:	Re: The Patriotic Retirement Program..... Reply #4 - Mar 12^th, 2011 at 8:35am Kevin_M wrote on Mar 11^th, 2011 at 12:26pm: A million times 40 million. Is that 40,000,000,000,000? Kevin? I think that's ONLY 40 MILLION (40 million people times $1 million each?) But then I didn't take "government" math...
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Kevin_M CH.com Sponsor Offline withered branches grow green again. Posts: 8754 Michigan, USA Gender:	Re: The Patriotic Retirement Program..... Reply #5 - Mar 12^th, 2011 at 8:57am Should I have done it like this? 40 million $A million times.
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Bob P CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Shut up Bob! Posts: 4573 Clio,California Gender:	Re: The Patriotic Retirement Program..... Reply #6 - Mar 13^th, 2011 at 7:00pm Actually Barbara, 40 million people time $1.00 is 40 million. 40 trillion is correct.
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Racer1_NC CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline "Well, let's go see." Posts: 4417 Lewisville, NC Gender:	Re: The Patriotic Retirement Program..... Reply #7 - Mar 13^th, 2011 at 7:02pm There you go with that "government math" Bob..... Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or
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seaworthy CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 706	Re: The Patriotic Retirement Program..... Reply #8 - Mar 13^th, 2011 at 7:26pm Sign me up. I'll start my retirement tomorrow and you can send my check to Vegas.
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Bob P CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Shut up Bob! Posts: 4573 Clio,California Gender:	Re: The Patriotic Retirement Program..... Reply #9 - Mar 14^th, 2011 at 7:33am Of course 40 trillion is only worth 40 million.
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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: The Patriotic Retirement Program..... Reply #10 - Mar 14^th, 2011 at 9:23am Bob P wrote on Mar 14^th, 2011 at 7:33am: Of course 40 trillion is only worth 40 million. You mean AFTER taxes??
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BarbaraD CH.com Alumnus Offline Hugs to ya Posts: 8333 Douglasville, TX Gender:	Re: The Patriotic Retirement Program..... Reply #11 - Mar 17^th, 2011 at 10:28am thanks for the "correction" Bob... I'm a GIRL... we still think 9" is a foot...
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Re: The Patriotic Retirement Program.....
Reply #12 - Mar 17^th, 2011 at 11:28am

Clunker Math

Think of it this way: A clunker that travels 12,000 miles a year at 15 mpg uses 800 gallons of gas a year. A vehicle that travels 12,000 miles a year at 25 mpg uses 480 gallons a year. So, The average Cash for Clunkers transaction will reduce US gasoline consumption by 320 gallons per year. They claim 700,000 vehicles so that's 224 million gallons saved per year. That equates to a bit over 5 million barrels of oil. 5 million barrels is about 5 hours worth of US consumption. More importantly, 5 million barrels of oil at $70 per barrel costs about $350 million dollars So, the government paid $3 billion of our tax dollars to save $350 million.

We spent $8.57 for every dollar we saved.

I'm pretty sure they will do a great job with our retirement though.

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Bob P CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Shut up Bob! Posts: 4573 Clio,California Gender:	Re: The Patriotic Retirement Program..... Reply #13 - Mar 17^th, 2011 at 6:17pm Quote: I'm a GIRL... we still think 9" is a foot... You're the kind of girlfrend that's good for a guy's ego!
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Kevin_M CH.com Sponsor Offline withered branches grow green again. Posts: 8754 Michigan, USA Gender:	Re: The Patriotic Retirement Program..... Reply #14 - Mar 18^th, 2011 at 1:33am Barb, I put in a dollar sign ($) my second post. I KNEW you'd understand that.
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