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Move Your Money
Too big to fail?
Too big to fail banks are profiting from bailout dollars and government guarantees, and growing bigger. Move your money to smaller local banks that have an interest in your community. JP Morgan/Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs may be "too big to fail" but they are not too big to feel the impact of hundreds of thousands of people taking action to change a broken financial and political system. Let them gamble with their own money, not yours. Move your money to smaller local banks to help your community and yourself. Let's turn big banks into smaller banks. We'll all be better off and safer as a result.
Like the FDIC for banks, the National Credit Union Administration insures the deposits of credit unions and is a good resource for financial data on specific institutions. So your money is just as safe in a Credit Union as in a bank. The real key is that local banks and credit unions lend to people and businesses in your area, making your area more finacially friendly and helping it grow. Why should our money be going to investments in Greece or India. Let's start looking out for our communities and neighbors and here is the best part, it will not cost you any more and in most cases you will save money.
Check this out for yourself. I can verify this because I was in Lowe's the other day for some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose attachments. They were all made in China. The next day I was in Ace Hardware and just for the heck of it I checked the hose attachments there. They were made in USA. Start looking...
In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else, even their job.
My daughter likes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it is marked made in Mexico now. I do not buy it any more.
My favorite toothpaste, Colgate is made in Mexico ... now I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything.
This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets. I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off-brand labeled, "Everyday Value." I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats -- they were the same except for the price.
The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in the USA by a company in Cleveland, Ohio.
So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here.
So on to another aisle Bounce Dryer Sheets . . . yep, you guessed it, Bounce cost more money and is made in Canada. The Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA! I did laundry and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce that I have been using for years and at almost half the price!
My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA, the job you save may be your own or your neighbors!
If you accept the challenge, pass this on to your friends so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! Stop buying from overseas companies!
Let's get with the program and help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the USA
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