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[raithnor]

Hypothetical Question: If you were not constrained by ethic, morality, or laws how would you fix the economy? Anything goes and be creative. (Note: I'm looking for "outside the box" thinking so snarky answers like "The stimulus plan" or "Tax Cuts" are non-starters

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[jtmulc]

they're mostly concentrated in the urban areas that would get the direct benefit of all this shopping.

Most of the shopping areas in my neck of the woods are located in an ever widening ring around the city, not in it, and usually difficult (or impossible) to access without a car.

[raithnor]

Simple and actually what is probably happening right now. Just give all the rebates, tax breaks, and money to blacks, hispanics, and minorities.

From what I know about taxes, rebates and breaks aren't racially targeted, they can't be. It's usually targetted by income level, by family composition, and whether you do things like buy a house, car, or go back to college.

My question is where are you getting this info and what are you basing it on other than pop culture?

[raithnor]

That depends on your definition of "poor".

The lowest two income brackets are $8,750 and $32,250. For a single person $32,000 is a decent living depending on where you live, for someone running a family of three-four it's working poor.

You could probably check census data, but I have a feeling there are more poor white people than poor minorities due to the fact there are more white people. Now what you might be correct on is that there are more poor minorities relative to richer minorities, but that data is too specific to be useful.

[raithnor]

True. ^_^; But it's minus ethics and morality in pursuit of results. Like hacking bank records or destroying the hedge fund businesses. Hell it could even been something as twisted as dump a dumptruck full of cash out of an helicopter over a major city.

Using the Great Depression as an example, a solution would be start a war in Europe. (and no you can't use that as an example, we can't really can build another conventional army)