Buying local isn’t just about shopping at local craft fairs a few times a year. It is about keeping as much of your hard earned money recirculating in your community where it will benefit you and your interests. Local products and services exist in every category of business in nearly all regions of the country. […]
Local Economy, Local Community
Think globally, act locally. Seems simple enough, but when we try to do this we face obstacles that can be daunting. Thus the reason for this site: to help you find resources to strengthen local business and local client interaction thus keeping a larger percentage of money spent in the local economy rather than have […]
As Emily Latella Would Have Said, "What's all the fuss about this Gerry Manders, and what does the Beaver have to do with Politics, anyway?"
Sometimes I think I should have named this blog Peace Bitch. I do a lot of bitchin’. I try not to whine or moan, but I do bitch. Today I spent some time thinking about migraines, sexual harassment in the House of Representatives, business cards, and hair color, and cats. The last three items are […]
Put a Sales Tax on Wall Street Transactions
Just read a NYT’s article by Nancy Folbre, an economist, and professor at U. Mass. – Amherst. One of the reasons that have been given for the disrepancy between sales and “investment” taxes is that investment supposedly builds our future while sales tax is all about the present, material and implicitly is irrelevant to building […]
Hey Radical Progressive Groups in AZ, Read This!
I’m was twittering away earlier today with Dana hoping to arrange a social drink together the next time I’m in her part of NYC and she then forwarded this to me via Facebook, so I’m taking the liberty of posting it here as an informational node to which you can direct your compadres for info […]