Comments on: Another proposal: interesting and miscalculated but nice! http://averagepolitics.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/another-proposal-interesting-but-nice/ A blog based on political and current events written for average people, not just political analysts. Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:01:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: hotoffthepress http://averagepolitics.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/another-proposal-interesting-but-nice/#comment-145 hotoffthepress Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:56:50 +0000 http://averagepolitics.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-145 After learning that the guy behind "The Birk Plan" is a fellow resident of St. Louis, I published a post under the headline, <strong><a href="http://bobmccarty.com/2008/09/29/you-do-the-math-the-birk-plan-explained/" rel="nofollow">'You Do The Math!' -- The Birk Plan Explained.</a></strong>. I would encourage your readers to check it out as it explains a truly-interesting social experiment. After learning that the guy behind “The Birk Plan” is a fellow resident of St. Louis, I published a post under the headline, ‘You Do The Math!’ — The Birk Plan Explained.. I would encourage your readers to check it out as it explains a truly-interesting social experiment.

]]> By: Don Smith http://averagepolitics.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/another-proposal-interesting-but-nice/#comment-143 Don Smith Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:25:20 +0000 http://averagepolitics.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-143 Last week I got snagged by the same thing, and after I checked it out, I found out that it was "rumor" and not fact. I saw it on the Internet, so it has to be true ... Uh huh. The Dave Ramsey write up, much, much better. Your page looks nice and it reads well. DS Last week I got snagged by the same thing, and after I checked it out, I found out that it was “rumor” and not fact. I saw it on the Internet, so it has to be true … Uh huh.

The Dave Ramsey write up, much, much better.

Your page looks nice and it reads well.

DS

]]> By: averagepolitics http://averagepolitics.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/another-proposal-interesting-but-nice/#comment-125 averagepolitics Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:05:55 +0000 http://averagepolitics.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-125 Did you read the first paragraph??? I know the math was wrong. I thought about deleting this post, since I reposted the solution, but it was a cute concept. Also, I said we should deduct those living off of the government, so that would increase the amount per person... Did you read the first paragraph??? I know the math was wrong. I thought about deleting this post, since I reposted the solution, but it was a cute concept.

Also, I said we should deduct those living off of the government, so that would increase the amount per person…

]]> By: mathman http://averagepolitics.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/another-proposal-interesting-but-nice/#comment-124 mathman Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:00:28 +0000 http://averagepolitics.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-124 Luckily you're not doing this bailout - $85 billion divided by 200 million is actually $425. $700 billion divided by 200 million people is $3,500 each. So it's not going to help anyone with their bad mortgages. Luckily you’re not doing this bailout – $85 billion divided by 200 million is actually $425.

$700 billion divided by 200 million people is $3,500 each. So it’s not going to help anyone with their bad mortgages.

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