by HeySal
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Just got this in my email and loved it. LOL.

Dear Mr Cameron, Please find below our suggestion for fixing the UK's economy.

Instead of giving billions of pounds to banks that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan: There are about 10 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them £1 million each severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:
1) They MUST retire. Ten million job openings - unemployment fixed
2) They MUST buy a new British car. Ten million cars ordered - Car Industry fixed
3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed
4) They MUST send their kids to school/college/university - Crime rate fixed
5) They MUST buy £100 WORTH of alcohol/tobacco a week ..... And there's your money back in duty/tax etc It can't get any easier than that!

P.S. If more money is needed, have all members of parliament pay back their falsely claimed expenses and second home allowances

Also........... Let's put the pensioners in jail and the criminals in a nursing home. This way the pensioners would have access to showers, hobbies and walks. They'd receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, wheel chairs etc and they'd receive money instead of paying it out. They would have constant video monitoring, so they could be helped instantly, if they fell, or needed assistance. Bedding would be washed twice a week, and all clothing would be ironed and returned to them. A guard would check on them every 20 minutes and bring their meals and snacks to their cell. They would have family visits in a suite built for that purpose. They would have access to a library, weight room, spiritual counselling, pool and education. Simple clothing, shoes, slippers, PJ's and legal aid would be free, on request. Private, secure rooms for all, with an exercise outdoor yard, with gardens. Each senior could have a PC a TV radio and daily phone calls. There would be a board of directors to hear complaints, and the guards would have a code of conduct that would be strictly adhered to.

The criminals would get cold food, be left all alone and unsupervised. Lights off at 8pm, and showers once a week. Live in a tiny room and pay £600.00 per week and have no hope of ever getting out.

Think about this (more points of contention): COWS Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Appleby almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the county of Cumbria? And, they even tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 125,000 illegal immigrants wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.
  • Profile picture of the author Charlotte Jay
    Haha! Love it
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  • Profile picture of the author Clyde
    Immigrants are cows to you? What are they going to do to them anyway?

    Deportation cost money.
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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by Clyde View Post

      Immigrants are cows to you? What are they going to do to them anyway?

      Deportation cost money.
      Illegal immigrants are huge problems in any country - sorry if you don't like that one. It's truth. And yes, deportation costs money - a fraction of what keeping them around costs. I'm sure when the author said give them each a cow it meant so they would not have an excuse to not be able to find illegals to get them out of the country where they could not cause problems.

      As for what I think? I think illegal immigrants are criminal, thus the word "illegal". If it bothers you that a country would have laws against illegal immigration - you are going to find yourself at odds with about every country on earth. Try getting into Japan illegally. LOL, even the thought is funny.

      People - Don't give me credit for this one. All I did was post it. I have no clue who the brilliant author of this email was.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeff Williams
    LOL. I'm loving this plan...
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    I ESPECIALLY love the pensioner/prisoner swap! And HEY, for the prisoners? Treat them as and where my mother was! My mother was originally gven drugs that made her little threat to anyone, and she was locked up in an area with 2 locked doors and watched by every nurse. In short, she was like a puppy in a cage.

    She had ******NO****** TV save a communal one they had no control over. NO real clothes. At the end, really NO vistors. In fact, I was lucky I even found out where she was. They didn't contact me until she was dead. SHE had no rec room, no workout room, no library, etc.... She DID get some doctor/dental care, but obviously not enough. BTW I don't know about you gys, but I would HATE being locked up with crazy and mentally infirmed people.

    And YEAH, I know, I am talking about the US, and this started out about the UK. SO WHAT? Are we really THAT different?

    Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author Jaxxxon
    Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

    Also........... Let's put the pensioners in jail and the criminals in a nursing home. This way the pensioners would have access to showers, hobbies and walks. They'd receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, wheel chairs etc and they'd receive money instead of paying it out. They would have constant video monitoring, so they could be helped instantly, if they fell, or needed assistance. Bedding would be washed twice a week, and all clothing would be ironed and returned to them. A guard would check on them every 20 minutes and bring their meals and snacks to their cell. They would have family visits in a suite built for that purpose. They would have access to a library, weight room, spiritual counselling, pool and education. Simple clothing, shoes, slippers, PJ's and legal aid would be free, on request. Private, secure rooms for all, with an exercise outdoor yard, with gardens. Each senior could have a PC a TV radio and daily phone calls. There would be a board of directors to hear complaints, and the guards would have a code of conduct that would be strictly adhered to.

    The criminals would get cold food, be left all alone and unsupervised. Lights off at 8pm, and showers once a week. Live in a tiny room and pay £600.00 per week and have no hope of ever getting out.
    I absolutely LOVE the idea of switching out the pensioners/prisoners!!! I have first hand experience with nursing homes and 100% agree with everything said here. Wow -- what a shift in perspective!!
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    A country is merely BORDERS! SOMEONE SOMEWHERE says within these *****BORDERS***** is an area WE have control over! In great britain, and many other countries, families fought over BORDERS!!!!! In California, during the goldrush, for example, people rushed to register BORDERS! How did ISRAEL come to be? The UN recognized its BORDERS! What did YNW say regarding palestine? That ISRAEL should move its BORDERS! What did the palestinians recently ask the UN? To recognize the area between its requested BORDERS as their state! MOST of the arguments between palestinians and israel could be solved SIMPLY by their moving their BORDERS! HECK, that is a lot of what nazi germany wanted to do! They were trying to extend their borders, and basically take over europe.

    Without borders, a country can't have sovereignty and ceases being a country. Canada made it clear they don't want THEIR borders breached, and Mexico has STIFF punishment for people breaching THEIRS! Switzerland once checked the passports of all people on a train I was on! It is SICK that there is MORE security in the smallest airport than there is on US borders!

    Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author Freeboi
    Many great men and women in America and Europe came from families that came to the country as illegal immigrants.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dave Patterson
      Originally Posted by Freeboi View Post

      Many great men and women in America and Europe came from families that came to the country as illegal immigrants.
      Illegally? Well then, enlighten me.

      Name three!
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by Freeboi View Post

      Many great men and women in America and Europe came from families that came to the country as illegal immigrants.
      YEAH, I'd love to hear this ALSO! Go ahead, name three! Bear in mind, you are saying ILLEGAL! You know, it boggles the mind! There are ******MANY****** ways to come to the US legally! There are baout as many ways to STAY here legally. There are almost as many ways to become a citizen.

      Apparently, at least NOW, it is harder in europe and mexico for many, but probably not THAT much harder. Ironically, it is EASIER for refugees.

      Steve
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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by Freeboi View Post

      Many great men and women in America and Europe came from families that came to the country as illegal immigrants.
      Doesn't matter who came where illegally and did what. Illegals are causing chaos now. You think Americans appreciate the crime illegals are perpetrating on us? Or the hospitals that are going broke because of illegals - or the jobs that are being stolen - or taking money out of our pockets to feed them and put them in school where they cause more problems and destroy our own kids educations because of the language barrier? Or make problems for any of us because they don't have enough respect for the place they are invading to try to learn the language, culture and traditions of that land?

      Great men and women don't slither over borders and take eveything they can get their hands on. They hold their head high and walk in as naturalized citizens with an interest in being part of a country and learning the people's languages and ways.

      If you are in the US legally - we welcome you. If you are here illegally - go the hell home. You are a criminal. If that seems to stink - look at what your own country does to illegal aliens and cry about it some more. We are being hurt and we are unsympathetic.
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      • Profile picture of the author seasoned
        Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

        Doesn't matter who came where illegally and did what. Illegals are causing chaos now. You think Americans appreciate the crime illegals are perpetrating on us? Or the hospitals that are going broke because of illegals - or the jobs that are being stolen - or taking money out of our pockets to feed them and put them in school where they cause more problems and destroy our own kids educations because of the language barrier? Or make problems for any of us because they don't have enough respect for the place they are invading to try to learn the language, culture and traditions of that land?

        Great men and women don't slither over borders and take eveything they can get their hands on. They hold their head high and walk in as naturalized citizens with an interest in being part of a country and learning the people's languages and ways.

        If you are in the US legally - we welcome you. If you are here illegally - go the hell home. You are a criminal. If that seems to stink - look at what your own country does to illegal aliens and cry about it some more. We are being hurt and we are unsympathetic.
        GOOD POINTS! The multilingual education, national language, and all weren't such an issue before. WHY? Because MOST immigrants were HAPPY to assimilate! Not being able to speak a standardized language DOES cause a hindrance! There are only TWO ways to solve it 100%!

        1. Give people a memory, brain speed, and vision, that is maybe 3000 times normal, and teach them all all of about 1000 languages!
        2. Teach everyone a standard language!

        Which do YOU think is easier? HOW long do you think it will take to be REALLY nearly 100% fluent in 1000 languages!? And I mean *****FLUENT******! Almost NO british or american people are THAT fluent in ENGLISH! SERIOUSLY! How many Americans know about spotted dick, for example? How many British people know what Hopper means to someone in new england?

        So WHY is it so hard? Because it is a PROVEN FACT that more languages on a road sign make it harder to read! It is a PROVEN FACT that you HAVE to be able to read some road signs. Did YOU know that in the US they generally just test by color and shape of the signs? And WHY do you think the signs are that shape and color? YEP, so you DON'T have to read them. But how do you make a sign that says a given street is the 2nd right on a round about, etc... Some times signs are just too complicated to put in symbols.

        How about school? Do spanish people WANT to be isolated from everyone else so they may never understand a question that might have even changed the course of their lives for he better? What if you need help? Ever see that lucy show where lucy gets in trouble in like france, and she speaks to her husband who then speaks spanish to a drunk that then speaks german to another guy that then speaks like french to the guy in charge? Do we really want that in the US?

        And HEY, if you want to stay here, go on the grid like everyone else!

        Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author philipf
    that guy, who wrote that, should be in office
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    • Profile picture of the author Charlotte Jay
      Originally Posted by Dave Patterson View Post

      Illegally? Well then, enlighten me.

      Name three!
      I had no idea the USCIS existed back in the days of the Mayflower.I bet their green cards were made of papyrus and their pictures sketched in charcoal...
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      • Profile picture of the author seasoned
        Originally Posted by Charlotte Jay View Post

        I had no idea the USCIS existed back in the days of the Mayflower.I bet their green cards were made of papyrus and their pictures sketched in charcoal...
        Actually, back then, they were ALL legal! There are basically THREE ways anyone gets involved with ANYTHING! With the US, ALL were legal from the first. As with mst, that first one had an expiration date, sometime in the 1800s, as I recall. NICE TRY THOUGH! !

        REMEMBER, the SECOND method wasn't even really codified until MUCH later, even though it was kind of a given. The first one to benefit from THAT would have been around 1776.

        Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Barboza
    This is so funny I will translate it into Spanish and send it to my friends

    p.s. Illegal inmigrants are a real problem anywhere in the world.
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  • Profile picture of the author albertosm
    in the middle east, the way they deport illegal immigrants is force labor, some countries in the middle east will force the illegals to work for their fare back to their homeland
    i think that's a good idea.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    There is also the health care industry that MUST treat illegal immigrants, but really CAN'T! Costs go up, record keeping goes down, etc... And it affects everyones care also. Slower and not as good.

    HEY, I worked on some logic trying to clean up the mess because of people trying to use false SSNs to trick the system into at least doing what the stupid law requires. They may have paid a FORTUNE for that! And all because of illegals.

    And, as hey sal said, there is a lot of crime, like the OTHER stuff isn't crime! It ALL is! A presidential candidate is now having trouble because he is giving a discount to illegals that people in california, nevada, alabama, michigan, etc...(49 states in all) DON'T get! Talk about UNFAIR, and STUPID!! OH, and education costs go up! So does the cost of EVEN the licensing offices!

    Steve
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      In a week where I desperately needed a laugh, this was a breath of fresh air.

      As to anybody who defends illegal immigrants...no comment. I'm sure others
      will be standing in line with a rope to hang you from the highest tree they can
      find.

      Thanks Sal...I so needed that.
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