Mar. 24, 2009 - Why Wouldn't This Plan Work?

A friend emailed this to me, and whilst I have been unable to verify the original source, it occurs to me that it
is a 40 Billion dollar rescue plan that would work. I'm sure smarter minds could fill it full of holes, so I'd love
to see some reasons why it wouldn't work.

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?".... the answer:

Patriotic retirement 

There's about 40 million people over 50 in the work force.. 

Pay them $1  million apiece severance with 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 or pay off their mortgage -  Housing Crisis fixed. 

Done