I got an idea to help the economy. What does a growing economy need? It needs people making more money. And there’s the problem we have now: People just aren’t making more money. And why is that? Well, maybe they’re just not motivated enough.
So how do we get people more motivated to get money? An ad campaign, that’s how! I don’t know why no one ever thought of this before, but we should put up a bunch of ads detailing the advantages of money so people are more motivated to get it.
For instance, in an ad we could have one guy say:
“I was out of luck. I didn’t have a roof over my head or food to eat. And then one thing fixed my problems: Money.”
And then another guy say:
“Through the toughest times, one thing got me through: Money.”
And yet another guy say:
“People didn’t like or respect me, but something finally changed that: Money.”
And then an ad could detail exactly all the sorts of “goods and services” money can be exchanged for. Soon people will be like, “Wow; this ‘money’ thing looks quite useful. I should get more.” And then people will go out and come up with new ways to make money and — BOOM! — the economy is back on track.
It’s a great idea. If the government would like me to get working on it, I will do it in exchange for free samples of the product I’ll be selling.