This economy does not deserve to be saved.
It's a centrally-planned murder machine designed to enrich Manhattan and DC while bribing the Baby Boomers with the auctioned-off livelihoods of their grandchildren.
Bang on the money on both counts.
The sooner the USD collapses, the better. It's a decayed, rotting corpse that should have been buried long ago. Let it go and let's move on with rebuilding from the ashes of the fire the banksters lit.
I don't know why banksters and Keynsians feel that economic activity and consumption are the main goals.
Oh, that's an easy one... It's the only way they know how to rob and steal from you.
As for the currency in the article... Idiotic idea. It has zero benefit for the people using it. "Oh, but... the greater good..." To which the appropriate response is "f**k off". The greater good is never served by sacrificing people.
In other news, I'm selling suicide machines for 10 BTC each (special today of 1 BTC - just mention the special code "MASOCHIST1"). Send payment to the address below then PM me. Hey... if people are silly enough to buy into proposals like the e-dollar, I could get rich off of my suicide machines! Though I do wonder how many e-dollar users will also be my customers...