by Anthony Colombo | Jul 17, 2019 | Uncategorized, News
By Jill Cowan, California Today; reprint New York Times, June 11, 2019 When a ballot measure that would’ve allowed Los Angeles to start its own public bank was rejected by the city’s voters last year, even proponents of the idea acknowledged that it was a little far...
by Anthony Colombo | May 20, 2019 | Uncategorized, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Truthout.org; Ellen Brown/The Web of Debt Blog “If you invest your tuppence wisely in the bank, safe and sound, Soon that tuppence safely invested in the bank will compound, And you’ll achieve that sense of conquest as your affluence expands In the hands of the...
by Anthony Colombo | May 20, 2019 | National, Commercial Banking, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Uncategorized
A network of public banks including a central bank operated as a public utility could similarly fund a U.S. Green New Deal – without raising taxes, driving up the federal debt, or inflating prices. Nation of Change; Ellen Brown / OpEd As alarm bells sound over...
by Anthony Colombo | May 20, 2019 | Public Banking, Commercial Banking, Local Economies, New Mexico News, News, Santa Fe, Uncategorized
A New Mexico advocacy group wants to let the people decide what happens with their money Santa Fe Reporter, Will Costello In late 2016, Wells Fargo, the consumer lending behemoth of Wall Street, attracted the eyes of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the...