Bornfamous

I can’t help it, I have ADD. No, really.

It’s true. I resisted as long as I could, but unlike Kevin McCarthy, I closed my eyes and turned into one of THEM.

Obamas Prepare to Plant White House Vegetable Garden

On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like them) but arugula will make the cut.

While the organic garden will provide food for the first family’s meals and formal dinners, its most important role, Mrs. Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at time when obesity has become a national concern.

Let’s cut to the chase. Forget about the stimulus; suppose we just took that $780 billion and gave an equal share to every American? Let’s see… $780 billion divided by 300 million… is $260,000 [UPDATE: ahem, $2,600 - so, never mind!] I wonder if THAT would jump start the economy.

Do you think these folks could find a good use for it? I sure could. And if everyone I know got the same amount, I wouldn’t have to help anyone out. We’d all be doing just fine, instantly. We could pay our bills, get out of debt, save, buy homes, invest in education… and all that money would trickle UP instead of DOWN. Businesses would be saved. Taxes would get paid. We’d be back on track again.

It’s freakin’ brilliant, if I do say so. Why didn’t anyone in Washington think of this?

What would you do with your quarter mil?