A modest proposal.

[randomness]

If we're going to collectively own all these mortgages we're bailing out, I propose we start a collective crash space program with all those properties.

I'm not even asking the current owner/tenants to provide a bed, although I suppose we could make that a condition of aid. I can sleep in a sleeping bag as long as the roof is intact.

It really would rock to have possible crash space anywhere in the United States. And think of the effect on labor mobility!

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[stolen-tea.livejournal.com]

Too finicky, too complicated. We tried that with Microsoft. The government shouldn't be deciding how best to divide up business units beforehand. It should swoop in, grab the pot, and then auction off pieces later to the highest bidder.

Besides, they'll do it for us, if we give them 6 months head start. It's the free market in action! All we have to do is provide a magnetic pole that repulses business, and they will flee on their own accord! :> We can sit back and watch as the corporations split in a frenzy of mitosis...