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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWarren Buffet's 5-Minute Plan to fix the deficit:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/43670783<snip>
Warren Buffett says he could fix the U.S. deficit problem very quickly.
Here's his not-entirely serious (but not entirely joking either) plan, as told to Becky Quick during this morning's live interview on CNBC:
"I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that any time there's a deficit of more than three percent of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. Yeah, yeah, now you've got the incentives in the right place, right? (Laughs)
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Warren Buffet's 5-Minute Plan to fix the deficit: (Original Post)
kentuck
May 2013
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Like any member of congress would pass a law that limits his/her time in congress. nt
Stretch714
May 2013
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Stretch714
(90 posts)1. Like any member of congress would pass a law that limits his/her time in congress. nt
randome
(34,845 posts)3. Hell yeah!
bvar22
(39,909 posts)4. I don't think it would take THAT much.
Instead of not allowing them to run again,
I think all we would have to do is make them wait an hour before getting on an Airline.