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This reminds me. Back when it was decided that the US needed an
economic stimulus package, why didn't they just cut a check for
$5000 for each citizen who filed a tax return the previous year?
This would have been less expensive than the stimulus package they
came up with and arguably would have had a more direct affect upon
the economy. People could have paid some of their debt down or put
some in savings (whichever made more financial sense), spent some
stocking up on consumables, and bought that nice new TV they would
have been looking at if they hadn't been scrambling to keep
themselves afloat.<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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On 11/06/2011 04:09 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:
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color: rgb(19, 51, 116);"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="line-height: 16px;"><b>Courtesy of the Borowitz
Report at:</b></span></span></div>
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normal;"><span id="LabelTitle">Cain Reveals New
Economic Plan; Would Pay Every Woman in Country to
Keep Quiet</span></h1>
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both; font-family: Georgia,'Times New
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id="LabelSubTitle">Each Woman to Receive $999</span></h2>
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class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">IOWA
– GOP presidential frontrunner Herman Cain today
unveiled a new economic plan which would pay every
woman in the United States to “keep quiet.”</span></td>
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While Mr. Cain’s new plan drew criticism from fiscal
conservatives who claimed it would add to the deficit, the
former pizza executive brushed it off: “You can’t put a
price tag on getting the ladies to stop talking, if you
know what I'm saying.”<br style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans
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Touting his proposal before a crowd of supporters in
Davenport, Mr. Cain dubbed it his new “999” plan: “I pay
you $999, and you shut your damn piehole.”<br
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Elsewhere, billionaire Donald Trump said that the winner
of Sunday’s New York marathon should be disqualified
“because he was born in Kenya.”</p>
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<div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Tom Hansen</div>
<div>Moscow, Idaho</div>
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