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Great general idea. Terribly wrong math. I
know. I went for the similar thing on the groups a few days ago (AIG =
85 billion), for only a few moments, then replied to my own posts in
correction..
The REAL math, in this modified case
below, actually works out to a mere $3500 for each adult citizen,
NOT a whopping $300,000...
Still, even at $3500, it would be better
spent, by far, on doling out to each adult citizen, for all
the similar reasons below, rather than bailing out a few pirate
companies who will just waste half of it, anyway..
Regards, ------------------------------ Torm Howse National Board Director, United Civil Rights Councils of America http://unitedcivilrights.org Be my real-time freedom fighter friend at: http://cnbpinc.ning.com/ Visit the e-Store for equal parenting activists http://www.cafepress.com/ |
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Response to web poll #1:
I agree with Torm Howse and disagree with you, Dave: BAD IDEA to offer Americans a free handout. However, my logic is different -the amount is moot and irrelevant to the concept:
A free handout would create more dollars, and thus the value
of the dollar would go down.
For example: If your ideas is so good, Dave, why not get the
Fed to print up enough money to give EVERY American a million dollars?
See?! It would make the dollar valueless. Here, instead, is my
analysis -of problem, cause, and proposed solution: Chew
on this:
Three
Problems - One Cause
By Gordon Wayne
Watts, that's me...
At 1,105 words,
“Colleges Get An 'F' In Finances,” published this Sunday by the Tampa
Tribune (28 Sept 2008), is lengthy -but worth a read.
Can I have just half their word-count to clarify some points which
the author overlook? America’s economic meltdown begs for a
response! So, here goes…
The author , Zoe
Mendelson, correctly asserts that tuition is too high. In fact, my
own research has discovered solid proof of price-gouging: In the
1956-57 school year, a semester of college cost $138, which is
$1,093.85 adjusted for inflation, but now, same semester co$ts
$10,066, an almost ten-fold increase! (Source: Budgeteer News, By
Virgil Swing, May 15, 2008) However, she does not tell us exactly why
this vile price-gouging occurs, so a comparison of three fields is
in order:
#1: In the
mid-90’s, I attempted to convince local news media (Tribune
included, you veterans will recall) that Social Security was placing
able-bodied persons on “disability” simply to meet a caseload
quota and ensure a full 40-hour pay-week for social workers -because
the government “backed” these applications, even when it meant
“the system” might go bankrupt, but no one in the media heeded
my warnings. What was the result? #2 below…
#2: Likewise, in the
recent FannyMae-FreddyMac meltdown, the lending institutions were
REAL eager to meet “low-income” sub-prime "quotas" for
borrowers who could not afford to repay -because the government
“backed” their loans. Again, disaster resulted from this
eagerness to play with somebody else’s money.
#3: However, we have
still not learned from our mistakes: Colleges and Universities,
which would normally be constrained by the free market from
price-gouging prospective student “customers,” now have no
incentive to offer education at reasonable prices. Since youngsters
are told they need a college education to succeed in today’s
marketplace, they have little choice but to accept what is offered.
If the universities had to absorb the cost of students who defaulted
on loans, they would offer reasonable tuition. However, since these
greedy mongrels know that “Uncle Same” (read: Mr. Taxpayer) will
“back” any loans that default through, for example, Sallie Mae,
guess what they do? Anything they want!
And this is precisely
why consumer protections must be restored at all levels -Housing,
College Tuition, and yes, Social Services and Welfare. This would
entail resorting bankruptcy protection to student loans, saying
“no” to the proposed bailout of Wall Street, and more oversight
(by both news media and government) of the Social Services offered
at State and Federal levels.
Only when these three
giants can feel the pain of their own mistakes will there be an
incentive to offer services at a reasonable price -instead of
playing “free and loose” with our tax dollars. However, I have a
sinking feeling that our nation will not learn its lesson, and the
next time I come by to say “I told you so,” will be too late
-when our nation follows the path of Rome: It fell. Oh, by the way,
Mr. And Mrs. Lawmaker who support any bailout: We will remember you
in November, we promise you that. Yes indeed: “Both Parties Are
Proven Big Spenders,” as Joseph Brown rightly says in Sunday’s
commentary -and they both need to stop!
There is
no "alternative" plan. All we should do is simply say NO
to any bailout of even one penny. The houses and land won't fly up
into the sky if we refuse their bailout plan -my reply to the rich
people asking for a handout from the Taxpayers? "Let them eat
cake."
Gordon
Wayne Watts is a candidate for Florida House Dist.64, a litigant in
the Terri Schiavo case whose case fared better than the Governor’s
similar litigation, and a blogger at gordonwaynewatts.com.
Documentation
to verify my assertions above:
Claim
1: “candidate for Florida House Dist.64”
* See the Fla Dept of State’s website for a current listing of candidates. * See also: http://www.gordonwaynewatts.
Claim
2: “whose case fared better than the Governor’s similar
litigation”
* In Re: GORDON WAYNE WATTS (as next friend of THERESA MARIE “TERRI” SCHIAVO), No. SC03-2420 (Fla. Feb.23, 2003), denied 4-3 on rehearing. * In Re: JEB BUSH, GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA, ET AL. v. MICHAEL SCHIAVO, GUARDIAN: THERESA SCHIAVO, No. SC04-925 (Fla. Oct.21, 2004), denied 7-0 on rehearing. ** See also both my blog and the Fla Sup Ct website.
Claim
3: “and a blogger at gordonwaynewatts.com”
No proof needed -there really is a website!
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