a modest proposal
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/margin…
Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey (D-N.Y.) vowed to force the White House to accept delivery of a new presidential helicopter Obama says he doesn’t need and doesn’t want. The helicopter program, which cost $835 million this year, supports 800 jobs in Hinchey’s district. “I do think there’s a good chance we can save it,” he said.
Instead of spending $835 million, why not just cancel the program and hand each of the workers a $500,000 check with the memo line “welfare – because you produce something no one wants” ?
That’ll put food on the table of these 800 workers (for a decade), save us $435,000,000 and maybe teach 800 workers and 1 Democratic politician something about economics.
