End the Recession Suggestions

Tomasito photo, 2009

Here are a couple of End the Recession suggestions--they may seem extreme, but adopting something like them might help end the deteriorating state of the American economy: President Obama could declare a “National Wartime Emergency” and take the following steps “for the duration of the recession—or the duration of the two currently fought wars” (probably two to four years or more):

ONE

Nationalize Oil production and sales of all oil products. Cap all oil prices. Remove oil from all stock market “futures” or other manipulation. Remove all oil company corporate executives.

TWO

Nationalize Walmart. Remove all corporate officers down to the individual store manager level. Establish a temporary directorship for the overall direction of the company. Raise Walmart employee's wages to a level with teachers and give them contracts with guarantees of employment. Mandate that the stores sell only goods manufactured in the United states. Allow no Chinese manufactured goods to be sold in the stores. Use locally produced goods for sale whenever possible.

Tomasito, 2009


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