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Paying older Americans to retire would help all

| April 20, 2009 9:00 PM

A Letter To Our President

Dear Mr. President,

Patriotic retirement:

There are about 40 million people over 50 years old in the work force.

Pay them $1 million apiece severance with the following stipulations:

1) They leave their jobs. Forty million job openings — unemployment fixed.

2) They buy new American cars. Forty million cars ordered — auto industry fixed.

3) They either buy a house/pay off their mortgage — housing crisis fixed.

 4) They pay taxes on the million dollars — helps the deficit.

It can’t get any easier than that!

P.S. If more money is needed, have all members in Congress and their constituents pay their taxes!

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

LEN GOLDING

Sagle