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Human beings will be happier - not when they cure cancer or get to Mars or eliminate racial prejudice or flush Lake Erie but when they find ways to inhabit primitive communities again. That's my utopia.
~Kurt Vonnegut
Sunday, November 07, 2004

Progressive Consumer Action

Snap Out of It!

Every vote may not be counted. But every dollar always is.

Perhaps now disillusioned Kerry supporters will take a second look at what FTW has been teaching for years.

  • Get out of debt.
  • Spend your money and time on things that give you energy and provide you with useful information.
  • Stop spending a penny with major banks, news media and corporations that feed you lies and leave you exhausted.
  • Learn how money works and use it like a weapon.

It is already becoming clear that as Peak Oil becomes a stark reality, survival will become a place-based, local phenomenon. Local economies, to the degree that they exist and are flourishing will provide strength to resist what is coming. Everyone who sees this essay should compare the return on investment they got with the election against something that offers more payoffs, an opportunity to become real, independent actors on the fields of their own lives.


To Do: Join a local Credit Union this week. Close and move your other accounts to the credit union. Why? (pdf file) Credit Unions are member owned, not for profit and support the local community.
To Read: The Two Income Trap: Why Lenders Want you to Live Beyond Your Means by Dave Pollard

UPDATE: Here is another Credit Union Locator Thanks Harry! and I agree the entry he points to is something we have to stick with if we are to be effective.
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