So our President wants another $50 Billion for the rest of the year for his war in Iraq (We broke it, we gotta fix it.) Since I pay quite a bit of money into taxes for that, they should at least listen to an idea from me.
Iraq's way of life is in the shitter, right? I mean they got no electricity most of the time, very little food, and let's face it - it is like face of the sun hot over there.
What say we offer every Iraqi - everyone man, woman, infant everybody - $500 a month for every month they don't kill someone else. That's only $150 Billion a year (cheaper than what we are doing now) and that is IF they stop killing.
They are fleeing the country and living off crumbs - here is a way to make money and establish peace. Maybe $500 a month for a family of 4 is $2000 - maybe enough to buy a generator and an air conditioner. And that assumes 25,000,000 people. Rumour has it that a lot of them have fled or been killed already. It might be cheaper.
AND, if someone on your block kills someone - no one on the block gets any money. Skeeter, down on 15th street - someone will go tell him to knock it the hell off if no one is getting air conditioning money in August!
Hey it is as good as any other half assed idea.
Sorry. Gallows humor is all that is getting me through this sad, terrible situation without banging my head against the wall.