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Public Banks Could Break the Impasse Over Marijuana Money
With nearly a dozen state initiatives legalizing recreational marijuana on the November ballot, the market for legalized marijuana is certain to expand. But, because marijuana continues to be classified as a Schedule 1 drug by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),...The High Toll of Being Poor in the U.S.A
Impoverished Americans face a myriad of problems unknown to the middle and upper class, the most significant of which are regressive costs. Officially, 14.8% of people in the United States live in poverty. Furthermore, 20% of Americans use alternative financial...PBI Launches Public Banking Caucus
PBI Chair Walt McRee has announced the creation of a bi-partisan Public Banking Caucus, a strategic campaign to link together the many local and state elected and appointed officials (and candidates) already supporting public banking. Mike Krauss, PBI founding...Letter: Open public bank to fund project
Dear Linn County supervisors, Let me commend you for your plan “to help the county’s waters, trails and wildlife habitats.” Forty million dollars, plus the cost of an election and the fees and interest associated with the bonds, is a lot of money. You could avoid...Forget Clinton’s and Trump’s Plans for the Economy: It’s Time to Erase Debt and Create Jobs
So far, neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton has offered a credible plan to restart the long-stalled U.S. economy. Trump favors lowering taxes to spur demand, a reduction in the supply of illegal foreign labor to boost wages, and modifying trade policy to...
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Episode: Everyone deserves a public bank
Join those who’ve endorsed a Public Bank for New Mexico
“I had the good fortune to work on this initiative before Bernie kidnapped all my time. This is one of those no-brainer initiatives that only the 1% could oppose. It has the potential to save the state millions of dollars by vastly reducing the cost of its bonds to improve infrastructure funding. in a public bank, our state funds can be used to build our local economy and our local infrastructure.”
– Paul Gibson
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