Hey Jeanie.

Great idea, and I'm all for it, but his math is a little off:

$85,000,000,000.00/200,000,000 = $425.00.

It's like what I said we should do with the tax break scheme that was supposed to fuel economic recovery - give everyone the same dollar amount.

The bigger problem is to solve the CAUSE of the economic failure: get rid of the trickle-down concept and replace it with reality. Economic health builds from the ground up. The economic "food chain" will feed those sharks at the top once the bottom of the "food chain" is healthy.

And also let them pay a "user fee" for benefiting from the economy provided by the USA financial system and government - taxes that represent the governments share in keeping that economy working and safe in the world.

Get rid of the idea that business is a good model for government: business is selfish and greedy when left to it's own devices (as aptly demonstrated eh?), while government "of the people by the people" should be for the people.

One role of government is to keep people from doing bad things: regulation is a part of keeping a civilization civil.

One role of government then is also to keep businesses from doing bad things: regulation is a part of keeping a civilization civil.

Enjoy.