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?

…come see my cousin’s new blog, My World of Soaps! We’ve been working feverishly on it since we got the idea a couple of weeks ago, and today is launch day. Here’s a little sample of what you can expect:

Sami and Rafe find out this week that Hilda has been murdered by the mayor’s killer. Realizing that the killer is getter close to finding them, Rafe takes Sami to the convent for safekeeping.

I like to think of Patti as the Heather of our partnership [without the marriage, kids and dogs], and me as the Jon: Patti writes, I tech. Perfect.

So let’s see… $780 billion divided by 300 million is…$260,000.

I wonder if giving every American a quarter of a million in cold cash would solve the economic crisis. It would sure solve mine.

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That’s all it takes to make a big difference in someone’s life. Kiva is one of the coolest ideas ever. The idea is to pool $25, $50, whatever, from millions of folks like us on the web, and grant micro loans to small entrepreneurs in developing countries.

Watch the video and see if you aren’t itching to go make a loan by the time it’s done.

A Fistful Of Dollars: The Story of a Kiva.org Loan from Kieran Ball on Vimeo.

Remember: YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK. So you can loan it to somebody else if you want. Oh–and you get to choose who gets the loan. So. Cool.