Is this what they really meant?
The Chinese government has, for several years, restricted families to only one child. Now, they have found that somehow rebellious Chinese families have found ways to double that amount resulting in an unacceptable rise in population. The issue to be be resolved is where to put all the excess people. Even though there were several suggestions by top government officials, the most viable solution was to provide houseboats to 250,000 people and chain them together off the coast of China. The advantage to this solution is that, not only would the housing issue be resolved, but food stamps would be reduced, since those people could get their food from the ocean. One official was quickly removed when he asked where the people would use the restroom. It seems that that was a delicate topic not to be discussed.
Those eligible for houseboats should report to the local welfare agency to be placed on the list. The boats should be available sometime this century. For those enterprising individuals, it may be a good time to go into making boats for a business. How many boats do you think would be needed for 250,000 people?
With the Olympics in Beijing, I wonder how the Chinese government would hide all those boats. They would want to, or try to. Bad Press.
Perhaps the U.S. could learn from the Chinese. You know, maybe they have. Think of all the times our government has come up with ideas to solve pressing problems without thinking them through entirely, kind of like the Chinese official asking about bathrooms. Let's think about the GM bankruptcy issue. They threw money at the automakers, who were not making wise decisions up to then, and instead of giving them help in the business decision area, gave them a bunch of money. They didn't know what to do with what they had, why would they do better now? If your kids wasted their allowance time after time on making the same dumb mistakes, would you say,"Here, I know you spent all your allowance and you are a long ways from getting more, I'll just give you more to waste?"
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