Life Through the Windshield

The life of a trucker

Catnlion

Catnlion
Location
Elon, North Carolina, USA
Birthday
February 04
Title
Truck Driver/Lease Operator
Bio
Where do you start with something like this. I'm your typical white male. I'm married, for the third time. I have 9 kids and 4 grandchildren. Currently I'm an OTR truck driver. I've been doing it for the past year and a half, but I've had several careers. This one is just the latest. In the past I've tried selling cars. That didn't last long. I should say it didn't take me very long to figure out that I'm to honest to sell cars. I've spent lots of years in the restaurant business. Most of that was in the pizza business either as a manager for other or for myself. I also spent 8 years in the Air Force working in ER's and flying Aeromedical Evacuation. I have to say, the biggest mistake I've ever made was getting out. Anything else you want to know, just ask. I'll tell you.

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Salon.com
MARCH 25, 2009 4:56PM

"How Would You Fix the Economy?"

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While this could be complete BS about it being in the newspaper, I don't know.  I got this in my email and you know all to well about that stuff.

 

While I don't know if it's true I do have to put my  stamp of approval on it and would support it if someone in Congress tried to pass it.

 

 

This was an article from the St. Petersburg Times Newspaper on Sunday.  The Business Section asked readers for ideas on "How Would You Fix the Economy?"  This article was one of the ideas submitted...

Dear Mr. President, 

Patriotic retirement: 

There's about 40 million people over 50 in the work force - pay them $1 million apiece severance with the following stipulations:   

1) They leave their jobs.  Forty million job openings -Unemployment fixed. 

2) They buy NEW American cars.  Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed. 

3) They either buy a house/pay off their mortgage - 
Housing Crisis fixed.

Can't get any easier than that!

Jim Wright
Phoenix USA, Inc.

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What is 40 million x $1 million? My calculator doesn't go that high. Wouldn't that be $40 trillion?
resistanceisfruitful
March 25, 2009 06:48 PM
I think we did that fix already.

Unfortunately this is money not loaves and fishes.
Gramps
March 25, 2009 08:14 PM
R, Your math is correct. I think we are getting there quickly. The only other math you would need to do is subtract the taxes that are returned from the people spending the money to get a net cost.

You also wouldn't have to do it to 40 million. If you just did 10 million the other 30 would be swallowed up by the expanded workforce need to make the stuff 10 million new millionaires want.

Gramps, we did do something short of this. It was LBJ and his great plans. The problem is that we gave out money in such small amounts that people we just hanging on.

It's kind of like fixing your car. Instead of going all out and buying a new car you fix this little part and then another little part. Before long you may have spend enough money to buy a new car, but all you have is the same old junker with a lot of new parts.
Catnlion
March 25, 2009 09:00 PM