Is it just me?

Paulson on his knees reminds me of Tom Cruise on Oprah's sofa. Just a little too staged and earnest to be real.

Palin in her interview w/Katie Couric sounds so much like that poor, stressed
Miss North Carolina beauty pagent contender. You remember, the one who was pretty confused about who has access to maps and who doesn't...

Call me cynical if you want, I'll just call me wise.

How Come Bush Didn't Offer Us This?

How Come Bush Didn't Offer us a different sort of bailout? Why are companies more important than people. This is too simplistic a view, because it doesn't take the international financial tentacles into consideration, but it's still interesting that someone did the math....

To my fellow Americans......

I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend.

To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000
bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+. Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00.

My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a
We Deserve It Dividend. Of course, it would NOT be tax free.
So let's assume a tax rate of 30%.

Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.
That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.

But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.
A husband and wife has $595,000.00.


What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?
Pay off your mortgage – housing crisis solved.
Repay college loans – what a great boost to new grads
Put away money for college – it'll be there
Save in a bank – create money to loan to entrepreneurs.
Buy a new car – create jobs
Invest in the market – capital drives growth
Pay for your parent's medical insurance – health care improves
Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean – or else

Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks
who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company
that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.

If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it... If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!

As for AIG – liquidate it. Sell off its parts.
Let American General go back to being American General.
Sell off the real estate. Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

Here's my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn't.
Sure it's a crazy idea that can 'never work.'
But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!
How do you spell Economic Boom?

I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion
We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC.

And remember, this plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

Ahhh...I feel so much better getting that off my chest.

Have your say about keeping Bush's bullshit out of the next presidency...

Filmmaker Aaron Rockett and friends have created a virtual soap box where you can tell the world exactly WHY you are not voting for Bush's twin John McSame.
Want to make sure we don't have to produce another FUN WITH WAR CRIMES parody?
Then step up and shout it out -- this is supposed to be a government by the people, not a government by their people...

http://www.soapboxmccain.com

Here's a sample...

Enjoy!