Saving the economy

[rie'smom]

I have an idea. Since the government is going to have to bail out everyone:

Assign values to everything-

an 1800 sq ft house will cost the same in Peoria as it does in LA or Manhattan.

All cars with x horsepower will cost the same.

In other words the cost of living would be the same across the country.



Job creation:

Once movie stars or any CEO, CFO, etc. for that matter attains enough money to say "kiss my booty" they have to quit. I'm saying 15 million. They won't need zillions because their cost of living wouldn't be higher than yours or mine. That would open the doors to scores of new workers and help the job crunch AND we wouldn't have to hear ad nauseum about their lives because the turnover of stars would happen quickly. 1 movie and the salary is 15 million-Bye, see ya, move on. Next

Salaries
Those are also equal.
Teacher in Jackson,MS 50000
Teacher in San Francisco 50000

Personal injury attorney 100000
Family Court attorney 100000

Since we on the DIS are good problem solvers, what are your ideas( tongue in cheek totally appropriate)?

 

[pirateslifefourme]

isnt that called communism? in my opinion a person washing dishes shouldn't be making the same as a brain surgeon. and a 1800sq ft house in Malibu should not cost the same as a 1800 sq ft house in Detroit. we both know they dont have the same value, pretending they are the same would never work...

 

[DawnM]

You took the thoughts right out of my head....yes, communism....

Why would a brain surgeon even WANT to go to 4 years of college, 4 years of med school, and 8 years of residency just to make the same he could make working at McDonald's? There is no incentive to create new things, work harder, etc....

Dawn

isnt that called communism? in my opinion a person washing dishes shouldn't be making the same as a brain surgeon. and a 1800sq ft house in Malibu should not cost the same as a 1800 sq ft house in Detroit. we both know they dont have the same value, pretending they are the same would never work...

 

[V for Vendetta]

I have an idea. Since the government is going to have to bail out everyone:

Assign values to everything-

an 1800 sq ft house will cost the same in Peoria as it does in LA or Manhattan.

All cars with x horsepower will cost the same.

In other words the cost of living would be the same across the country.



Job creation:

Once movie stars or any CEO, CFO, etc. for that matter attains enough money to say "kiss my booty" they have to quit. I'm saying 15 million. They won't need zillions because their cost of living wouldn't be higher than yours or mine. That would open the doors to scores of new workers and help the job crunch AND we wouldn't have to hear ad nauseum about their lives because the turnover of stars would happen quickly. 1 movie and the salary is 15 million-Bye, see ya, move on. Next

Salaries
Those are also equal.
Teacher in Jackson,MS 50000
Teacher in San Francisco 50000

Personal injury attorney 100000
Family Court attorney 100000

Since we on the DIS are good problem solvers, what are your ideas( tongue in cheek totally appropriate)?

I thoroughly enjoyed this, rie'smom! I don't have any ideas to add, but when I do, I'll come back. I wonder why some people can't wait to finish an entire post before they reply... how else would you know it was tongue in cheek???

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

You took the thoughts right out of my head....yes, communism....

Why would a brain surgeon even WANT to go to 4 years of college, 4 years of med school, and 8 years of residency just to make the same he could make working at McDonald's? There is no incentive to create new things, work harder, etc....

Dawn

isnt that called communism? in my opinion a person washing dishes shouldn't be making the same as a brain surgeon. and a 1800sq ft house in Malibu should not cost the same as a 1800 sq ft house in Detroit. we both know they dont have the same value, pretending they are the same would never work...

She said the same salaries for the same positions, not the same across he board. ie. McDoanld's worker in CA and PA would make the same as one another.

Salaries
Those are also equal.
Teacher in Jackson,MS 50000
Teacher in San Francisco 50000

Personal injury attorney 100000
Family Court attorney 100000

Since we on the DIS are good problem solvers, what are your ideas( tongue in cheek totally appropriate)?

 

[dvcgirl]

Well, can you imagine if an 1,800 sq ft house in Santa Barbara cost the same as an 1,800 sq ft house in the middle of Ohio? No offense to Ohio.....I live in NJ .

Having lived in California and having visited the mid-west......well, the premium is justified.

 

[SundancePass]

Oh my goodness everyone, lighten up! Be more gentle with one another. I think she meant this as a sortof real idea and tongue-in cheek too.

Actually, we are such an individualist "all about me" society that NO ONE it seems thinks they ought to be paid the same as anybody else.

Now, before I am flamed, this is totally meant in the spirit of trying to make you laugh - personally I think we should shoot all the lawyers. Society would be better off, courts less crowded. Etc.

 

[rie'smom]

Oh my goodness everyone, lighten up! Be more gentle with one another. I think she meant this as a sortof real idea and tongue-in cheek too.

Actually, we are such an individualist "all about me" society that NO ONE it seems thinks they ought to be paid the same as anybody else.

Now, before I am flamed, this is totally meant in the spirit of trying to make you laugh - personally I think we should shoot all the lawyers. Society would be better off, courts less crowded. Etc.

Can we just shoot some of the lawyers? My son, dad, and BIL are all lawyers.

Yes, folks, it is tongue in cheek thread.

 

[Scurvy]

I thoroughly enjoyed this, rie'smom! I don't have any ideas to add, but when I do, I'll come back. I wonder why some people can't wait to finish an entire post before they reply... how else would you know it was tongue in cheek???

It's like those quizzes we used to have in school, with 100 questions and the instructions said "Read all of the questions before answering." So you read the questions and the last one said "Write your name on the upper right hand corner, circle number 3, underline number 27 and turn in your paper. Do not answer any other questions."

And then everyone fails because they didn't read the whole thing.

Anyway, OP, I like your suggestion but I have a better one. Instead of the stimulus package, they can just give half that amount to me. Trust me, it will stimulate the economy big time because I will go on the biggest shopping spree anyone has ever seen. If I have any money left after my shopping spree (which is a big "if") then I'll take everyone from this thread to WDW or Disnleyland, whichever they prefer.

 

[rie'smom]

See Dawn's thread: Obama Plans to Limit CEO pay to $500K
Looks like my ideas may not be tongue in cheek!

It's like those quizzes we used to have in school, with 100 questions and the instructions said "Read all of the questions before answering." So you read the questions and the last one said "Write your name on the upper right hand corner, circle number 3, underline number 27 and turn in your paper. Do not answer any other questions."

And then everyone fails because they didn't read the whole thing.

Anyway, OP, I like your suggestion but I have a better one. Instead of the stimulus package, they can just give half that amount to me. Trust me, it will stimulate the economy big time because I will go on the biggest shopping spree anyone has ever seen. If I have any money left after my shopping spree (which is a big "if") then I'll take everyone from this thread to WDW or Disnleyland, whichever they prefer.

I like the way you think!!!!

 

[SundancePass]

Disney World for me and DH please!

 

[Cool-Beans]

You think you're joking. It isn't that far off.