A Cunning Plan
Yesterday’s PJTV Issue of the Day (subscription only, but get spendy with the five bucks already) was more fun than a paper sack full of Hooter’s girls — but how could it not be, with Bill Whittle, Scott Ott and myself. And none of us were wearing bright orange short-shorts. So far as I know. Anyway.
Bill threw out the question, “The markets tank every time Secretary Geithner or President Obama say or do anything. What’s to be done?”
That’s a good question. I have a bad answer. It’s called the Shut Up and Go Away Reform Act (SUGAR Act) of 2009. And it’s amazingly simple.
We as a nation will pay Obama and Geithner 1% off the top of any and all stock market profits. In exchange, they’ll shut up and go away. They’ll keep their jobs; they just won’t do anything. Surely, Treasury couldn’t do any worse with 18 of 18 top positions vacant, than it has with only one position filled. And after 75 years of presidential overreach, it might be a nice change of pace to have a chief executive whose chief goal is to enjoy a nice cocktail.
I’m sure the SUGAR Act has holes in it, but you’ve got to admit — Pelosi & Reid would twist some serious arms to get the thing passed.
Can we extend this to Congress, too? It would be pricey, but more than worth it.
I bet no arms would be twisted and SUGAR will be passed unanimously. We should add another % for Pelosi and Reid to take a hike too.
I would amend the Act to give each member of Congress and each Cabinet member a one-time payment of a billion dollars (ok, give Obama 2B as he IS the President) and have all of them immediately leave office and never to return as it will be far cheaper to the taxpayer in the long run. Elections would commence forthwith.
I think it would pass easily if we had such things as national referenda. I’m not a libertarian, but when it comes to government “fixing” the economy, I’m positively laissez faire.
How much more would it cost if we included the MSM?
I would submit that even with Geithner there, 18 of 18 jobs are still vacant.
I just had an orgasm.
This is change I can believe in!
Great idea. Where do I sign up?
Oh, and I would be in favor of forced exile if they don’t comply.
MSM can be taken care of simply by cancelling your print media and cable TV from now until after the 2010 election is over. TRY IT! You will be surprised how much of a burden is lifted off your shoulders and how much happier you will be.
Kiss AP & Reuters goodbye for 2 years.
1%? Why so much? Even 0.1% off the top would be Billions. That is enough.
Followed up with the SPICE (stop politicians injustice against their constituents everyday) of 2010! I think sweeping the dems out of Congress will be a good start.
A plan so cunning you could pin a tail on it and call it a weasel.
Sweep the dems out? Did you not see that 60 something Republicans voted for the confiscatory penal tax against the AIG bonuses? Some wag last week said it best about Republicans–”we know what they are, now we’re just haggling over price!”
Vote them all out. Every last one. The one you love because he or she cares so much about whatever it is you have in your community is on the take. He or she is bought, paid for and delivered. They are stealing others’ money and it hurts you as well. VOTE THEM ALL OUT!
Time to start over.
I’ve always thought that the appropriate method to compensate our Congress was to pay each Congressman $1 million for every day he failed to show up to work – but only if Congress failed to reach quorum on that day.
Hell, you could give them a trillion each and we’d still be ahead!
Heck, I thought of this years ago, but they didn’t have blogs then or it might be a reality. Although I didn’t have a cool acronym for it.
There are some things we need the legislature for. Approving treaties and cabinet appointees, introducing and passing a budget, declaring war, and impeaching the president.
So – each year they all show up for about a week, pass the previous year’s budget with a little extra for inflation, approve any cabinet appointees, declare war if there seems to be a need for it, ditto impeach the president, and then disappear for the rest of the year, for which vanishing act each one would be given $10,000,000.
That’s five-point-three-five billion! That’s it! No bridges to nowhere. No grant to a hospital that made up a job so a senator’s wife could get a $200,000 raise. No telling the business people to go out there and win one for the Gipper and then taxing them 110% if they make any money at it.
Oh! And with one other condition. In addition to not showing up they wouldn’t be allowed to conduct a perpetual campaign, either.
Sounds like a sort of modern-day danegeld. ‘Course once you start paying you’ll never be rid of the Danes. Still, it could be cheaper than the sacking and looting that’s going on right now..
Just call it “insurance” an Obama’ll be right down witcha! You know the line: “Nice contry youse got der, shame somtin should happen t’it..”
How much do Congressmen cost? I bet we could raise the funds to buy a few of them.
One thing I would add: Limit the period that Congress can meet to 6 months a year. This used to be the way it worked before air conditioning.
Finklefarm, change that to “days” and I’ll be right with you. Whoever changed Congress from part-time to full-time had better be frying in hell.
#17 “VOTE THEM ALL OUT!
Time to start over.
Mar 27, 2009 – 11:04 pm”
Only problem is; I can only vote against the turds in my own punchbowl (Illinois). I have no vote in the other fifty states. And believe me, I’ve voted against my turds every time but they seem to keep floating to the top thanks to the Chicago mob.
They are already being paid. If they aren’t doing their jobs, it is your (our) responsibility as their employer, their boss, to remove them. Regardless if they wear blue or red Underoos.
http://smokebreak.blogshevik.com/2009/03/28/putting-congress-on-notice/
Dude, shill out $5 a mo for PJTV. HA!