claim: unemployment and the housing and auto industry crises can be fixed by giving a million dollars to every worker over age 50 to retire.
author: chain email
evidence_1: apr 10, 2009 ... letter suggests fixing the u.s. economy by giving workers over age 50 $1 million  each? ... asked readers for ideas on “how would you fix the economy?” i  thought this was the best idea….i think this guy nailed it! patriotic retirement: ...  unemployment fixed. ... auto industry fixed. ... housing crisis fixed.
evidence_2: dec 30, 2010 ... unemployment and the housing and auto industry crises can be fixed by giving a  million dollars to every worker over age 50 to retire.
evidence_3: may 5, 2018 ... the lower unemployment rate seems like good news. ... people leaving the labor  force for various reasons, which makes the unemployment figures seem lower. ...  a change in definitions or an arbitrary categorization of people can shift the ... to  make ends meet even after they have reached retirement age).
evidence_4: every month, 14 million people now get a disability check from the federal ... part  of the labor force, they are not counted among the unemployed. in ... in hale  county, alabama, nearly 1 in 4 working-age adults is on disability. .... there's the  mcdonald's, the fish plant, the truck repair shop. .... the disability-industrial  complex.
evidence_5: nov 6, 2015 ... the dramatic greying of canada's population will reshape the ... and 1965, which  means they currently range in age from 50 to 69. ... while the baby boomers will  retire with generally better health, ... of workers over 55 has surged 67 per cent, to  more than 3.7 million. ..... we hope to have this fixed soon.