for their ideas on how they would fix the economy. Here's the winner.
Patriotic retirement

There's about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay
them $ 3 million apiece severance with the following stipulations:
1) They leave their jobs. Forty million job openings -
Unemployment fixed.
2) They all buy NEW North American cars. Forty million cars ordered -
Auto Industry fixed.
3) They either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed
Total amount committed -$120 billion --
Considerably less than the "stimulus package".