Thank you for your kind words, and thank you for sharing my articles—that is the greatest compliment of all!
People I suspect underestimate how much they can influence things. We ourselves shape the economy through the goods and services we both demand and then buy.
There is a certain economic logic to a campaign to “buy American”, or to s…
Thank you for your kind words, and thank you for sharing my articles—that is the greatest compliment of all!
People I suspect underestimate how much they can influence things. We ourselves shape the economy through the goods and services we both demand and then buy.
There is a certain economic logic to a campaign to “buy American”, or to support local businesses in your community. Where we shop and what we buy is as much an investment in our community/society/nation as it is a gratification of our own wants and needs.
The great mistake that was made in NAFTA was that multinational corporations were incented to export US manufacturing jobs overseas—and the result was quite harmful to the United States as a whole. Our social fabric has suffered, our economy has suffered, and of course people have suffered.
We can turn this around, however, and part of how we do that is the consumer side of Trump’s likely strategies: buy American. Source goods locally rather than from abroad. Encourage businesses to hire people who have been marginalized and pushed out of the labor force. These are small but tactical things everyone can do which will benefit their community and benefit this country.
You're absolutely right the way we spend our money that speaks volumes and it can change everything !
I buy LOCAL every chance I get and I actually pay cash so they don't have to pay this percentage at the bank charges but did you know that when someone charges us a fee to use a credit card that it's actually illegal and I will tell places that and they'll say we'll just increase our prices. I'm like well at least don't do anything illegal.
My acupuncturist was telling me about it. She had researched it and she said you know she has to pay it if I use a credit card but she can't charge it and I saw everybody else though she said it's illegal. So I give her cash too.
Yes, Peter great articles love reading them- so much information, especially for those who have no clue what's going on or even those that moderately have a clue 🤔
Thank you for your kind words, and thank you for sharing my articles—that is the greatest compliment of all!
People I suspect underestimate how much they can influence things. We ourselves shape the economy through the goods and services we both demand and then buy.
There is a certain economic logic to a campaign to “buy American”, or to support local businesses in your community. Where we shop and what we buy is as much an investment in our community/society/nation as it is a gratification of our own wants and needs.
The great mistake that was made in NAFTA was that multinational corporations were incented to export US manufacturing jobs overseas—and the result was quite harmful to the United States as a whole. Our social fabric has suffered, our economy has suffered, and of course people have suffered.
We can turn this around, however, and part of how we do that is the consumer side of Trump’s likely strategies: buy American. Source goods locally rather than from abroad. Encourage businesses to hire people who have been marginalized and pushed out of the labor force. These are small but tactical things everyone can do which will benefit their community and benefit this country.
Change is possible, for everyone.
NAFTA 🤢
You're absolutely right the way we spend our money that speaks volumes and it can change everything !
I buy LOCAL every chance I get and I actually pay cash so they don't have to pay this percentage at the bank charges but did you know that when someone charges us a fee to use a credit card that it's actually illegal and I will tell places that and they'll say we'll just increase our prices. I'm like well at least don't do anything illegal.
My acupuncturist was telling me about it. She had researched it and she said you know she has to pay it if I use a credit card but she can't charge it and I saw everybody else though she said it's illegal. So I give her cash too.
Yes, Peter great articles love reading them- so much information, especially for those who have no clue what's going on or even those that moderately have a clue 🤔
The hidden fees contained within the debit/credit card system (scam) are too numerous to name.
But it is fascinating what people trade away for something which is “free”.
As Robert Heinlein wrote in “The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress”, TANSTAAFL