Tony et. al., Reminds me of a bumper sticker I once saw that read, "It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the air force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber."
Tony Del Plato wrote: > 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 > -- Andy Goodell Assistant Director www.IthacaCarshare.org 607.277.3210 _______________________________________________ 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
