Have y'all seen this?

[Aggie]

I am running on so little sleep today that this makes sense. :tongue_smilie:

 

Help me with the numbers...what is wrong with this plan?

 

 

 

"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 billion 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."

 

 

 

Is the math wrong? Is the population wrong?

 

Or is the government not playing with 'real' money?

 

I'm so stinkin' tired that I just can't think clearly.

 

Thanks for any help here :)

Aggie

[Murphy101]

I'd vote for THAT!

 

has anyone else heard about the Washington Mutual gov't take over? Yep. Late last night, according the news, fed gov't siezed WAMU and then turned around and sold it to Morgan.

 

YIKES!:glare:

[Mrs Mungo]

Duuuude, I majored in Literature for a REASON. I'm only up to seventh grade math with my kids so far.

[hsmamainva]

Works for me!!!

 

I'll be waiting by the mailbox for my check! :D