Reasonable Economics
July 9th 2010 17:55
Real World News from Ray Tapajna Chronicles
Reasonable Economics - shopping more directly locally and shunning the transnational - big box - chain stores
Our economy based on making money on money instead of making things is burning out. Still the free trader globalists call for more of the same. President Obama bailed out Wall Street and big money interests while ignoring those who lost everything due to free trade and are fading away in a silent depression. Are we part of the problem?
An economic professor told me once that there is no such thing as a bad or good economy and economics is only about measurements and statistics. These measurements are meaningless to those who lost their jobs and their worldly possessions. For them the economy is bad no matter what.
Only local value added economies work in balanced geopolitical settings. People gather together in cities, states and countries for this reason. Free enterprise is supposed to serve these communities in a fashion where all share in the rewards of their efforts in a balanced proportions. Imagine a family sharing a meal where only one or two get a piece of bread while the rest get a full meal. We are part of a larger family society when we gather to share the rewards of our work.
Across the country , workers as consumers are beginning to realize that they have been shopping their way out of their jobs for more than ten years. We have voted more at the cash register line than we have in the voting booth about what kind of society we want to live in . Shoppers are joining campaigns to shop at local businesses. Some towns have put restrictions on chain stores building in their towns -
Towns shut out chain stores - Ethics Box
Jun 13, 2010 ... Economic Ethics in small towns - towns shut out chain stores - Ethics ... Ethics Box - New: Published letters by Ray Tapajna foretelling the ...
Towns shut out chain stores - Link
Dozens of towns nationwide held "Independence Week" promotions tied to the Fourth of July celebrations, asking people to remember how small businesses help keep communities unique and prosperous.
We make some free websites for local businesses like -
LAKEWOOD HARDWARE
The Palmer family have been part of the small business community in Lakewood for many years. They bravely opened the first new hardware store in Lakewood. ...
Pets General Store - Tapsearch Com top choice for best pet store ...
For you friendly neighorhood quality pet shop - and go to Lakewood Hardware - see Lakewood Hardware Link ( Welcome this new hardware store ...
Locally owned pet store- Link
However, this is not enough. Years ago, we published these articles and no one seem to listen :
--> Is the new world economy a race to the bottom?
Our economy is like an orchestra without drums...... Unions not what they used to be from Tapsearch Com · ---> Art that talks : American Dream Reversed art ...
Economy without drums
and see more at Ray Tapajna Chronicles Link
We need to restore our local value added economy which has about five levels of added value from raw products to the end user or retail level. We need to include as many levels as possible and save our free enterprise systems from being devastated by global free traders .. Free trade is really all about impoverished workers and it is not really trade.
Reasonable Economics - shopping more directly locally and shunning the transnational - big box - chain stores
Our economy based on making money on money instead of making things is burning out. Still the free trader globalists call for more of the same. President Obama bailed out Wall Street and big money interests while ignoring those who lost everything due to free trade and are fading away in a silent depression. Are we part of the problem?
An economic professor told me once that there is no such thing as a bad or good economy and economics is only about measurements and statistics. These measurements are meaningless to those who lost their jobs and their worldly possessions. For them the economy is bad no matter what.
Only local value added economies work in balanced geopolitical settings. People gather together in cities, states and countries for this reason. Free enterprise is supposed to serve these communities in a fashion where all share in the rewards of their efforts in a balanced proportions. Imagine a family sharing a meal where only one or two get a piece of bread while the rest get a full meal. We are part of a larger family society when we gather to share the rewards of our work.
Across the country , workers as consumers are beginning to realize that they have been shopping their way out of their jobs for more than ten years. We have voted more at the cash register line than we have in the voting booth about what kind of society we want to live in . Shoppers are joining campaigns to shop at local businesses. Some towns have put restrictions on chain stores building in their towns -
Towns shut out chain stores - Ethics Box
Jun 13, 2010 ... Economic Ethics in small towns - towns shut out chain stores - Ethics ... Ethics Box - New: Published letters by Ray Tapajna foretelling the ...
Towns shut out chain stores - Link
Dozens of towns nationwide held "Independence Week" promotions tied to the Fourth of July celebrations, asking people to remember how small businesses help keep communities unique and prosperous.
We make some free websites for local businesses like -
LAKEWOOD HARDWARE
The Palmer family have been part of the small business community in Lakewood for many years. They bravely opened the first new hardware store in Lakewood. ...
Pets General Store - Tapsearch Com top choice for best pet store ...
For you friendly neighorhood quality pet shop - and go to Lakewood Hardware - see Lakewood Hardware Link ( Welcome this new hardware store ...
Locally owned pet store- Link
However, this is not enough. Years ago, we published these articles and no one seem to listen :
--> Is the new world economy a race to the bottom?
Our economy is like an orchestra without drums...... Unions not what they used to be from Tapsearch Com · ---> Art that talks : American Dream Reversed art ...
Economy without drums
and see more at Ray Tapajna Chronicles Link
We need to restore our local value added economy which has about five levels of added value from raw products to the end user or retail level. We need to include as many levels as possible and save our free enterprise systems from being devastated by global free traders .. Free trade is really all about impoverished workers and it is not really trade.
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