Arizonans for a New Economy and Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Tucson will be sharing a booth at the Peace Fair at Reid Park today– Feb. 28.We will be shooting video and asking people: “What is the biggest problem facing our state?” Check out the list of bands who will be playing here. Come on…
Life was hard in the West at the turn of the 20th Century. Many farms had no electricity or running water. The western spirit was– and still is– fiercely independent, self-reliant, and skeptical of Easterners. Farmers were particularly leery of Wall Street bankers and railroad barons because they believed they were being treated unfairly. Wall…
Austerity is a lie. We have plenty of money. The problem is that it is being gambled on Wall Street, instead of being invested on Main Street. That is the message of public banking. The State of Arizona– and 48 other states– allow billions of dollars in taxpayer funds to be invested for the benefit…
As we travel around Arizona and present our public banking dog and pony show, we have been gathering data and supporter names for our website and for our email list. What have we learned from our supporters? People understand the need for low-cost loans, they want to build our public education system, and they don’t…
Interesting articles on public banking, Wall Street, and cooperative action… How Nebraska Took Its Energy Out of Corporate Hands and Made It Affordable for Everyone Electric power by and for the people: check out this story about electric cooperatives and other publicly owned utilities providing power to $1.8 million people in Nebraska. This harkens back…
For the past year, Arizonans for a New Economy Co-Directors Jim Hannley and Pamela Powers-Hannley have been giving presentations and promoting public banking throughout Southern Arizona. And the work continues into 2015. Most recently, we spoke to Sustainable Tucson in December and to the Mountain Vista Unitarian Universalist Church in January. Check out the video presentations…
We remain convinced, judging by the evidence and the experience with long standing public banking in North Dakota that public banking immensely benefits community banks. We have lamented our lack to date of engaging a community bank to partner with us so we do not have to continue to represent their interests on their behalf. We…
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