Posts Tagged ‘ gfc ’

Helping Our Economy #3

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

The Global Financial Crisis, or GFC, is much like KFC without the “K” – It doesn’t originate from a specific location, and it doesn’t have a particularly good mascot.

Up until now, the solutions posed by this blog have been small, token, not relevant on a global scale. It is much like walking into a KFC and ordering a Nacho Cheese wrap. Sure, they look good on TV, and for $1.95 they should be a steal, but by the time you actually get around to purchasing one and pull it out of the wrapper, you wonder why you bothered. It might look like food, but after consuming the measly two pieces of popcorn chicken with a smattering of sugary sauce, wrapped in a small, stale tortilla, you realise that you should have put that $1.95 towards getting a decent meal somewhere else.

Like Maccas. You can almost get a cheeseburger for that much.

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Helping our Economy #2

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Yesterday, we suggested a way we could stimulate the economy by legalising burnouts in our suburbs. While this would be a good start, we feel that we can add more value by incorporating some vertical integration up in this bitch*.

Not Shown - Vertical Integration

Not Shown - Vertical Integration

Since the majority of burnouts are done within the car parks of fast food chains, there is tremendous potential for growth within the retail space.#

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Helping Our Economy #1

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
It's Never too Early to do your Part

Nothing quite gets you out of bed in the morning more than a black coffee and a cigarette. Luckily for Chinese government officials in Hubei Province, the government has ordered them all to “smoke up” to stimulate the economy by increasing tax revenue.

They will be fined if they fail to meet specified targets, or are caught smoking rival brands.

I for one support this move. It is pretty obvious by now that the existing mechanisms to stimulate the economy aren’t working – the Reserve Bank lowers interest rates, the commerical banks don’t pass them on. The government gives everyone a handout, people use it to pay off their credit cards, and so on.

It has got me thinking about ways we can stimulate the local economy back home, without resorting to smoking Chinese cigarettes.

You know, because smoking is bad and all.

And the Chinese brands taste like ass.

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