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A letter to Mr. Cowen

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  • 08-07-2009 2:52pm
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    Indie18
    Registered Users Posts: 799 ✭✭✭


    Dear Mr. Cowen

    Please find below my suggestions for fixing Irelands economy.

    Istead of giving 7 Billion euro to Anglo Irish Bank, who will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan.

    You can call it the Republican Retirement Plan

    There are about 1 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them 7 million euro each severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:

    1. They must retire. One million job openings - Unemployment fixed.

    2. They must buy a new car. One Million cars ordered - Auto industry fixed.

    3. They must either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing crises fixed.

    4. They must send their kids to school/college/uiversity - Crime rate fixed

    5. They must buy 100 euro of alcohol/tobacco a week, and theres your money back in duty/tax etc.

    It can't get any easier than that.

    P.S. If more money is needed, have all members of government payback their falsely claimed expensis and allowences.


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    Jimbo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭Jimbo


    That just might work.

    Why is this in the Humour forum?


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    Mena
    Registered Users Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Mena


    Would fail right at point 1. Where are you going to get 1 million highly experienced people to replace those kicked out?

    Other than that, I like it, original thinking!


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    patmac
    Registered Users Posts: 7,575 ✭✭✭patmac


    Good idea I'm 48 by the time they get this through and approved meself and Hagar will be 50 so were all for it.


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    #5
    NewApproach
    Registered Users Posts: 2,188 ✭✭✭NewApproach


    Simples!


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    Squirrel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭Squirrel


    7 million by 1 million doesn't equal 7 billion, it's 7 trillion I think. 7 billion is 1 million by 1000. Otherewise, I like it :cool:


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    Bduffman
    Registered Users Posts: 520 ✭✭✭Bduffman


    Indie18 wrote: »
    There are about 1 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them 7 million euro each severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:

    *Ahem* - 7 billion divided by 1 million people = €7,000 each - not 7m each. Not easy to buy a house/car/college education etc with that.
    Sorry to spoil the joke.


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    jenzz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 986 ✭✭✭jenzz


    Ah sure that doesnt matter, the addition mistakes - whats a few trillion missing in this government.

    Love the original post by the way


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    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    I'm tempted to move it to the Politics Forum. It could work.


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    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users Posts: 7,553 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    Better than what the government have as it is anyway.

    It's defo worth a try.!!:):pac:


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