Comments on: The Birk Economic Recovery Plan http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/the-birk-economic-recovery-plan our faith in zeros and ones Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:14:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: OJ http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/the-birk-economic-recovery-plan/comment-page-1#comment-1043 OJ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:27:17 +0000 http://www.johnmunoz.net/?p=1172#comment-1043 You very appropriately filed this under "humor". The concept is interesting. The math, however, is where the humor lies. This concept was forwarded to me numerous times via email. I read through it a few times, and for some reason, it just didn't make sense to me. After a while, it hit me... $85,000,000,000 / 200,000,000 = $425.00 I suppose that sum would cover one month's car payment and electricity bill. Uncle Sam *did* stiff me out of a stimulus payment this year, so perhaps that $425 payment would be in order. :-) You very appropriately filed this under “humor”. The concept is interesting. The math, however, is where the humor lies. This concept was forwarded to me numerous times via email. I read through it a few times, and for some reason, it just didn’t make sense to me. After a while, it hit me…

$85,000,000,000 / 200,000,000 = $425.00

I suppose that sum would cover one month’s car payment and electricity bill. Uncle Sam *did* stiff me out of a stimulus payment this year, so perhaps that $425 payment would be in order. :-)

]]> By: Aaron http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/the-birk-economic-recovery-plan/comment-page-1#comment-975 Aaron Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:00:43 +0000 http://www.johnmunoz.net/?p=1172#comment-975 I like it! Of course, this would hinge on Americans actually using it to pay off their hastily signed bad debt in an unprecedented amount of foresight...which they lacked when they got the loans in the first place. But it sounds great for us semi-responsible ones who haven't taken on a truckload and a half of debt! I like it! Of course, this would hinge on Americans actually using it to pay off their hastily signed bad debt in an unprecedented amount of foresight…which they lacked when they got the loans in the first place. But it sounds great for us semi-responsible ones who haven’t taken on a truckload and a half of debt!

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