Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Radical Economic Honesty

Here's what would turn the economy around:  calculate the amount of money that the high-income individuals are squirreling away into offshore accounts.  This is the money being taken out of the economy. 
 
Let's assume that figure is $300 billion/year.  Give that amount of money to the bottom 95% - 300 million Americans - in the form of a $1000 check per year. 
They will then spend that money and stimulate demand. 

Scale that $1000 back as wages start to rise, and inflation forces the top 5% to spend their money instead of hoarding it.

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