Probably a “trial balloon”....I have a feeling they will try something like this....in some way....some time....even if they are denying it now.
It was denied by Treasury. If 0bama does it, then he would be fried because he chastized Hillary for suggesting this in July of 2007.
They might make the people underwater happy, but the rest of the country that will be stuck paying for it will be furious.
I agree, this was a trial balloon to gauge reaction.
And the fact that the White House actually had to SAY they weren;t going to do this means that “Trial Balloon” blew up in there faces.
If they dared to do this, there would be riots in the streets. THIS is the issue that triggered the Tea Parties, if you remember.
OK, here’s a trial balloon to float. I know this will sound crazy, but these people seem to want to spend some money to stimulate the economy. They’ve already spent trillions in bailouts for wall street, banks, car companies, etc. So if they want to spend another paltry amount, I have this silly little suggestion. Tell me what you think.
300,000,000 people in the US (give or take). How about we give each of those people a million dollars each. That comes out to $300,000,000. Is that a lot of money for the folks in Washington who seem intent on spending BILLIONS on BAILOUTS?
But, imagine every man, woman and child in America getting a million dollars. You talk about stimulating the economy.
Tell me how my math is wrong. Why doesn’t anyone ever suggest doing this?