Even with my screwed up math, I never reached 23 million.

Snake people, it's 2.3 million, or would be were there more millions in a billion.

For those of you out there who are just smartasses, I did use a calculator. However, math has never been my strong suit, especially when you start lining up lots of zeros.

My premise though, is unchanged.

Let the people decide what to do. Why bailout companies that have proven they cannot be made profitable?

Cops and doctors and even garbage collectors, many of them do those jobs because they want to, not for the paycheck.

Also, I never said it was perfect, what I said was, why toss good money after bad? Why not give it to the people who will lose homes and jobs and their very lives and then let THEM be responsible for themselves?

Would you rather stay in the same downward spiral or give EVERYONE the same opportunity, start EVERYONE at the same spot, and let THEM decide what's going to happen.

If no one was in fear of losing all they have, what would they do? Maybe help others less fortunate? Maybe take a chance on being happy? Maybe just hole up and watch the world go by.

If Americans had no debt, what would we be capable of? If we didn't sweat it out day after day making money to pay interest on loans, what could happen?

Sure, some dopes would blow it all. Where would they blow it? They'd be buying things. Who would be selling those things? Where would those things being sold come from?

Suppose, and I know this is far fetched, some people who actually cared about others and this very globe upon which we live, did something helpful for NO GOOD REASON. Suppose that instead of seeking ever more profit it became fashionable to seek good for all of us. Suppose prices didn't skyrocket just because everyone had money. Suppose people got smart and realized that this was a one time leveling of the field and that if they blew it, there was no second chance?

I suppose I am just, as ever, a dreamer.

But what if it worked....