Comments on: Of Cigarettes, Taxpayers and Ginseng Motors http://washingtonindependent.com/45563/of-cigarettes-taxpayers-and-ginseng-motors National News in Context Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:37:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: webcelt http://washingtonindependent.com/45563/of-cigarettes-taxpayers-and-ginseng-motors/comment-page-1#comment-34834 webcelt Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:27:43 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=45563#comment-34834 Divide the stock among all Americans? None of us would get more that a dinky piece, and no individual shareholder would get listened to.<br><br>And most people don't have stock brokerage accounts. Where would they put their stock? And it's likely the commission for selling it would wipe out the whole sale price, so the taxpayer gets nothing anyway. It took me maybe two minutes to see the problems. What's wrong with Alexander? Better a stupid plan than a government plan? Divide the stock among all Americans? None of us would get more that a dinky piece, and no individual shareholder would get listened to.

And most people don't have stock brokerage accounts. Where would they put their stock? And it's likely the commission for selling it would wipe out the whole sale price, so the taxpayer gets nothing anyway. It took me maybe two minutes to see the problems. What's wrong with Alexander? Better a stupid plan than a government plan?

]]> By: webcelt http://washingtonindependent.com/45563/of-cigarettes-taxpayers-and-ginseng-motors/comment-page-1#comment-32158 webcelt Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:27:43 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=45563#comment-32158 Divide the stock among all Americans? None of us would get more that a dinky piece, and no individual shareholder would get listened to.<br><br>And most people don't have stock brokerage accounts. Where would they put their stock? And it's likely the commission for selling it would wipe out the whole sale price, so the taxpayer gets nothing anyway. It took me maybe two minutes to see the problems. What's wrong with Alexander? Better a stupid plan than a government plan? Divide the stock among all Americans? None of us would get more that a dinky piece, and no individual shareholder would get listened to.

And most people don't have stock brokerage accounts. Where would they put their stock? And it's likely the commission for selling it would wipe out the whole sale price, so the taxpayer gets nothing anyway. It took me maybe two minutes to see the problems. What's wrong with Alexander? Better a stupid plan than a government plan?

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