Fixing the Economy from the Organic Consumers Association 1. Implement massive cuts in military spending and get the hell out of Iraq and Afghanistan; 2. Ban all offshore, untaxed bank accounts and then start taxing these $23 trillion dollars in assets; 3. Slap a .1% transaction tax on all stock transactions and currency speculation and use this trillion dollars in annual revenues to help rebuild the economy; 4. Nationalize the troubled banks that need bailouts, renegotiate their mortgages, and start investing these nationalized assets in green jobs, affordable mortgages, and retooling the economy.
Sounds like a good start to me. And a quote from Garrison Keillor: *The Financial Crash* "Confident men took leave of common sense and bet on the idea of perpetual profit in the real estate market and crashed. But it wasn't their money. It was your money they were messing with. And that's why we need government regulators. Gimlet-eyed men with steel-rim glasses and crepe-soled shoes who check the numbers and have the power to say, 'This is a scam and a hustle and either you cease and desist or you spend a few years in a minimum-security federal facility playing backgammon.' " *Garrison Keillor<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BS7T9E1sI4iWfAk%2FEEteIxeXqYsF2UjS>, Alternet, October 6, 2008* Tony Del Plato -- Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law. - Buddha _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
