Firestone Tire is actively pursuing Al for one of the company's highest positions. They feel his thinking will do a lot to make their business bigger. The top one percent of the population, having five or more cars with Firestone tires, can afford to pay for their own replacements. They don't need or deserve any help. The vast majority, with only one car in the garage that may or may not have Firestone tires, deserve the replacements. Giving these middle class car owners several sets of replacement tires will go a long way towards establishing Firestone as the great provider.

Ford Motor Company is also hot on this idea. They figure that if the average car owner gets several sets of replacement tires from Firestone, then many of these people will have to buy additional cars to go along with the tires. Ford is even considering huge discounts and rebates on new cars if buyers take them without tires or provide their own.

And then there’s the pharmaceutical industry. For years, these companies have been charging Americans exorbitant prices in order to garner money for research on new drugs. For instance, American consumers pay $4.40 for the same bottle of Afrin nasal spray that they could buy in Mexico for 17 cents U.S. (actual example) and both Canada and Mexico are thankful for the extra tourist trade.

Big Al tells them that the companies can spend this surplus money wherever they want. They are not committed to using it for research. Similar to what he and the government do with entitlement surpluses, the pharmaceutical companies can use this extra income to throw parties, make political contributions, take vacations, devote it to advertising and promoting their products or to pay off debts. The pharmaceutical companies see Al as a financial wizard.

Asked what he thinks of these plans, Al’s political opponent says: “Duuh…….why can’t everybody just get along and love one another. I’m good at bringing opposite sides together. I’ve done it in Texas. In this specific case, the very first thing I would do would be to ask Alan Greenspan to look into the matter.”