&gt; This is the worst idea not proposed in jest that I have ever read.<p>Well, I can think of worse ideas not proposed in jest (some of which have been implemented), such as the Bush tax cuts.<p>Of course, many of those worse ideas come from the same general (or, in the specific case of the Bush tax cuts, in part the same <i>specific</i>) place. [0]<p>[0] Cesar Conda being one of the two authors of this piece <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cesar_Conda" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cesar_Conda</a>