Bronze idol

Bailout shmailout! What this country needs is... an Economy reality show. I'm thinking something catchy, like Economy Idol.

Yep, that is exactly what we need. I say this with more than a bit of sarcasm, but given that more people seem to tune into American Idol (guilty), Dancing with the Stars, Survivor, etc. than actually appear to be paying attention to the economy, this seems fairly logical.

We could have a host - a British host. Heck, this would even add intrigue as its an American economic problem, but somehow a Brit will have a major say in who did well and who didn't. NO blowhards like Trump. Heck, maybe even bring in Richard Branson - he's a genius.

However, the twist (there HAS to be a twist people) is that everyone with an idea as to how to stimulate the country HAS to play. So, even our current government would have to send a representative to present to the American people.

Each person/organization would have a total of 5 minutes to present - any longer and people lose interest (great news for our country by the way). At the end of each presentation, the judges would give their honest feedback. Then, the phone lines would open and people (and auto dialers/please there's always some cheating) would place their votes.

We'd start with 30 finalists and eventually scale it down to the final 3 Economy Idol contestants. Then, in a 2 night/2 hour finale, each contestant would put together a 30 minute full length presentation and take Q & A's from regular people. Regular people because the so called 'experts' and financial people got us in this mess in the first place. (Ok, not all, but its not like I had anything to do with it).

The votes would be counted and the Economy Idol winner would be crowned.

The new Economy Idol would then go on tour discussing his plans with corporate titans, dignitaries and economists as to how best implement this exciting, new, American-people backed plan.

And, when the tour wrapped up, the Economy Idol would slip and fall in a tragic bathtub accident and the current economists/government would continue down this wonderful path we all find ourselves on today.

The End (hopefully not!)