may i offer obama a simple 10-step plan for accomplishing his goal:
1) severely tax the rich in order to de-incentivize people from making money and producing things (take at least 40% of their income)
2) cultivate a national culture of hate towards wealth and success
3) demonize all bankers (regardless if they are innocent and work very hard) merely because a handful of bankers act inappropriately (this is key—an economy cannot create jobs with functioning banks—there should be a precedent where no banks can loan money)
4) de-incentivize the work force by offering them welfare and other pay-outs for not working. this will make them strive to work more and produce things.
5) pass government regulations that make it difficult for corporations to offer jobs, distribute products, and do business in general
6) put politicians in charge of large industries in which they’ve never worked and of which they have no understanding (preferably over core industries such as auto, healthcare, banking, and energy)
7) elect a president who has never held a private-industry job and has never hired or employed anyone (this too is key. the less experienced the president is in the job market, the greater the chances of him helping the job market. i can’t remember the name of it exactly, but this is one of the fundamental theories of economics…it’s something like “the rookie president theory”)
8) hold college professors, actors, and other people who have never worked a “real-job” in the highest esteem—take their advice on all matters
9) place the government in charge of all levels of education (kindergarten - college) so that politicians and bureaucrats can socially engineer people to “understand” that the government is the most important (and only trusted) institution in the nation. to increase national production, it is essential that people believe wal-mart (who sells discount shampoo and toothpaste) is out to harm them, BUT the government (who has guns and takes their money) is merely trying to help them.
10) bankrupt the country.
(this could possibly be the most important step, so don’t make it a half-ass attempt at bankruptcy…i mean sink the national debt in the trillions. TRILLIONS.)
