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Hotler

(13,747 posts)
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 12:05 PM Jan 2025

Your daily reminder to shut the spending down. Your consumer dollars are a weapon.

Please see Blue25 in the Activist Headquarters Forum
https://democraticunderground.com/10113602

They can't force you to spend money. And they can't stop you from saving money. They expect us to keep spending like everything is just peachy. Don't hand them your money, or a healthy economy. The way to hurt the mobs is to mess with their money supply.

We're going to feel the pain anyway, might has well try and give them some in return.
Spending boycotts are safer than street protest, and can be done at home, they can't arrest, take your picture or shoot you. This could be a protest they can't shut down.

As an example. If one million Dems & Libs cut $25.00 a week from their spending (a week of Starbucks) that's $25 million a week, $100 million a month and one billion two hundred million in a year not going into the fascist economy. The more people that participate the larger the dent in the money supply.

Instead of spending $25.00, put it in a drawer and save it and let it build for emergency cash. think of it as paying yourself not to spend and paying yourself to resist fascism. ($25.00 a week)(52 weeks)=$1,300.00. That's $1,300 that doesn't have to go on a credit card.
Even cutting one dollar a day, $7.00 a week is resistance and $7.00 they don't get.

Make the MAGA voters shoulder the burden of floating the economy.

If the repugs can have success with the Bud Light boycott, we can be successful also.

I challenge all DUer's to join in and spread the word.
Thank you.





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Your daily reminder to shut the spending down. Your consumer dollars are a weapon. (Original Post) Hotler Jan 2025 OP
K&R Think. Again. Jan 2025 #1
Save for any downturn because then multigraincracker Jan 2025 #2
Cash can also be a weapon now. Don't use a CC for every single transaction, pay with cash. Us the CC for Hotler Jan 2025 #3
I agree but the system is too big to buck unless there is support. twodogsbarking Jan 2025 #7
I got a prepaid debit card from my bank. multigraincracker Jan 2025 #16
I hate to say it but maybe not quakerboy Jan 2025 #6
Another idea deRien Jan 2025 #4
Going to send donations to ACLU monthly.... Butterflylady Jan 2025 #11
This is the correct answer manicdem Jan 2025 #40
I'm all in........... joanbarnes Jan 2025 #5
Great idea. nt Frank D. Lincoln Jan 2025 #8
The economy is still really good right now Johnny2X2X Jan 2025 #9
Good for some Cirsium Jan 2025 #10
Those of us who cannot resist in one way can resist in another. Magoo48 Jan 2025 #15
Agreed Cirsium Jan 2025 #29
I agree... William Gustafson Jan 2025 #38
Thanks for pointing this out. ShazzieB Jan 2025 #17
Well if you can't cut spending and save$ Felicita Jan 2025 #18
Sure Cirsium Jan 2025 #30
Most people "spend" on shelter, food, transportation, utilities leftstreet Jan 2025 #12
Food, and that is it...not fascist food either! Bluethroughu Jan 2025 #13
Oh BOY! I'm in! calimary Jan 2025 #14
Already doing. I spent my 'wad of fun money' last year before TSF took office. nt Exp Jan 2025 #19
Also stop spending your money at companies who have rolled back their DEI programs. kellytore Jan 2025 #20
I unfortunately don't have access to Aldi's. Initech Jan 2025 #35
Yup...not buying anything I don't absolutely have to have! PortTack Jan 2025 #21
I've been saying this for a while... louis-t Jan 2025 #22
Don't know if the numbers still hold. WinstonSmith4740 Jan 2025 #23
Yes! This! All of this! Corporate America is backing that overweight fool of a liar anyways wolfie001 Jan 2025 #24
Please build an emergengy fund Norbert Jan 2025 #25
No for me Meowmee Jan 2025 #26
I'm not shutting down my spending, I'll use it to reward good companies & punish bad ones. CaptainTruth Jan 2025 #27
My plans Marthe48 Jan 2025 #28
Economic downturns hurt working class people more than billionaires Jose Garcia Jan 2025 #31
I've done pretty well. Only two purchases since last Monday, Mike 03 Jan 2025 #32
when has that ever worked in this country to accomplish anything at all? thebigidea Jan 2025 #33
Repugs had good success with the Bud Light and Harley Davidson boycotts. Can't quit without trying. Hotler Jan 2025 #36
And turn off your TV too! Initech Jan 2025 #34
What stores do we boycott barbiegeek Jan 2025 #37
Who do you think an economic downturn is going to hurt worst? Mountainguy Jan 2025 #39
People on the left suffer in an economic downturn, too HereForTheParty Jan 2025 #41

Hotler

(13,747 posts)
3. Cash can also be a weapon now. Don't use a CC for every single transaction, pay with cash. Us the CC for
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 01:01 PM
Jan 2025

large transactions for large amounts, etc.
Mom & Pops love cash. Paying cash screws the banks out of a 3% fee from the retailer. And it messes with their consumer tracking. They can't track cash.
Be well.

twodogsbarking

(18,810 posts)
7. I agree but the system is too big to buck unless there is support.
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 01:51 PM
Jan 2025

I lived in the woods from 1973 to 1984. I miss it more each day.

multigraincracker

(37,665 posts)
16. I got a prepaid debit card from my bank.
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 02:23 PM
Jan 2025

Have a Grand put in the first of
Every month. I can go in and add to it any time. No interest. I love it and use
It for all of my everyday expenses now. Perfect for me.

quakerboy

(14,869 posts)
6. I hate to say it but maybe not
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 01:48 PM
Jan 2025

What happens with inflation and a crashing economy. Or even hyperinflation?

deRien

(329 posts)
4. Another idea
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 01:06 PM
Jan 2025

is to give the money you are saving to local food banks, LGBtQ, refugee, immigration organizations, ACLU, etc. With the cost of everything going up, they will welcome the additional funds no matter how small. Buy a can of some kind of food on sale and put in a local collection site...

Butterflylady

(4,584 posts)
11. Going to send donations to ACLU monthly....
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 02:01 PM
Jan 2025

And give money to Humane Society for the work they do for animals. This is going to affect animals too.

manicdem

(536 posts)
40. This is the correct answer
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 02:58 AM
Jan 2025

Donate that money to a worthy cause is a lot more effective than just putting it into savings. Invest in our future.

Johnny2X2X

(24,217 posts)
9. The economy is still really good right now
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 01:55 PM
Jan 2025

The time to save up an emergency fund is now. The bigger the better.

Cirsium

(3,944 posts)
10. Good for some
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 01:59 PM
Jan 2025

Most people don't have any extra money. Food, housing, medicine, clothing are taking all of many people's incomes.

Keeping money circulating is a good thing, not a bad thing. Spend it more wisely, yes. Be less wasteful, yes.

I don't mean to knock you down, just adding another dimension to how we look at this.

Magoo48

(6,721 posts)
15. Those of us who cannot resist in one way can resist in another.
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 02:16 PM
Jan 2025

Everyone can find a creative or more traditional way to resistance. The important thing is to be consistent.
Resistance takes sacrifice and and commitment. The question remains, will we allow ourselves to be inconvenienced enough to save our freedoms or not?

William Gustafson

(553 posts)
38. I agree...
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 01:16 AM
Jan 2025

I got off Facebook last week, was never on Shitter or Tic-Toc and I am not going back....

This is my way of not helping the rich guys anymore...

I only shop at places that respect their customers and not bend down to intimidation as we are seeing these last few weeks... at least that non shopping list has slowed down, but there are quite a few of them I have stopped going to... Target is one of them... Hobbly Lobby is another...

ShazzieB

(22,612 posts)
17. Thanks for pointing this out.
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 02:27 PM
Jan 2025

Being retired and on fixed incomes, my husband and I are among those of whom you speak. The few small pleasures we manage to afford for ourselves mean a lot to us, and cutting back on those would be like cutting off our noses to spite our own faces.

Felicita

(79 posts)
18. Well if you can't cut spending and save$
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 02:48 PM
Jan 2025

at least spend on "blue" /progressive companies as much as possible, as per the app GOODS UNITE US.

But for those of us who can cut down, I'm 100% in for cutting spending and spending as much as possible when I do spend on progressive companies

leftstreet

(40,727 posts)
12. Most people "spend" on shelter, food, transportation, utilities
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 02:13 PM
Jan 2025

health care, taxes, debt, etc before you even get to things like cell phones or entertainment

Not a lot of room there for saving anything or making statements

calimary

(90,067 posts)
14. Oh BOY! I'm in!
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 02:14 PM
Jan 2025

The best and most vulnerable place to target always seems to be In-The-Pocketbook.

kellytore

(261 posts)
20. Also stop spending your money at companies who have rolled back their DEI programs.
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 02:54 PM
Jan 2025

McDonalds, Wal-Mart, Target, Tractor Supply, Amazon, Meta , Lowe's

I do as much shopping as I can at Costco and Aldi's

Initech

(108,788 posts)
35. I unfortunately don't have access to Aldi's.
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 05:07 PM
Jan 2025

I do a lot of my shopping at Costco though.

louis-t

(24,623 posts)
22. I've been saying this for a while...
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 02:57 PM
Jan 2025

When people refuse to pay exorbitant prices, the prices will come down. They jacked up the price of OJ, I stopped buying it. Jacked up the price of eggs, stop buying them. Any product you see where they upped the price 40% overnight. Don't buy it unless you absolutely need it.

WinstonSmith4740

(3,436 posts)
23. Don't know if the numbers still hold.
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 03:02 PM
Jan 2025

Years ago, some pundit said that if we wanted to bring the oil industry to heel (this is where I don't know if the numbers are any good), just don't pay your credit card bill for 3 months. It wouldn't impact your credit too badly, it was easily repairable, but it would disrupt their cash flow so badly, they'd have to quit fucking with prices.

So totally agree...what's left of the middle class holds the purse strings in this country. When my husband passed, my income went down the tubes for a while because I lost his entire SSDI for almost 2 years, due to my personal income. For the next couple of years, if I couldn't live in it, put it in my gas tank, eat it, or feed it to my cats & dogs, I didn't spend money on it. There was no disposible income. Mortgage, food, gas, & pets...that was it. Was it fun? Hell, no. But it was necessary. So is this. Cut back on your spending. Hard. Start throwing your change in a jar at the end of each day. Do you really need that Starbuck's? A few months ago, I started taking the singles out of my wallet on Friday afternoon when I got home from work, and put them in a drawer. I'm up to about $300. The little things help.

If the only things these bastards understand is money, let's show them who really controls it.

wolfie001

(7,688 posts)
24. Yes! This! All of this! Corporate America is backing that overweight fool of a liar anyways
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 03:03 PM
Jan 2025

That's a twofer! F dump and F the corporations that support him. The lefty corporations need to get their message out so we can support them!

Norbert

(7,767 posts)
25. Please build an emergengy fund
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 03:11 PM
Jan 2025

Even if it takes a while to build it.youwill never regret it.

Meowmee

(9,212 posts)
26. No for me
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 03:15 PM
Jan 2025

It is impossible to live without spending some money and I am going to be cautious of course but will not stop spending. I also have to get a new car, so in the process right now. I am hoping for something used with not too much mileage.

CaptainTruth

(8,204 posts)
27. I'm not shutting down my spending, I'll use it to reward good companies & punish bad ones.
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 03:18 PM
Jan 2025

My IRA is heavily invested in the US economy & I need it to be able to retire someday. I'm getting old & if our economy tanks now & I can't find good investment opportunities (yes, I'm always looking) I might never be able to retire & keep a roof over my head. I'm afraid Trump will crash our economy all by himself, I'm not going to help him do it & then end up having to work until the day I drop dead.

If folks are spending money on unnecessary things & want to do this, they certainly can, especially if they're giving money to Trump-supporting businesses. I totally support boycotting businesses that support a right-wing agenda, I've been doing that for decades, but punishing all businesses, as this seems to imply? Sorry, but no.

Marthe48

(23,185 posts)
28. My plans
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 03:30 PM
Jan 2025

I got snowed in. I'm avoiding online shopping. I got my car out today, and have almost everything in my stockpile. I need to get a few things at one more store. After that, it will be groceries, nothing else.
I have a vintage booth. I'm planning to close it in March, a better chance for dry weather. My main reason for closing is to avoid being a plus for this regime. Like you said, every dollar.

Mike 03

(18,690 posts)
32. I've done pretty well. Only two purchases since last Monday,
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 04:35 PM
Jan 2025

one to have food delivered, and the second was more debatable. When I thought about bird flu I decided to order canned chicken from a sustainable food company--that is mostly for my dog but I'll eat some of it too.

My definition of disposable income deliberately excluded food and clothing, so these were technically not life or death purchases did not meet my definition of truly disposable income. The best thing is that it's almost unheard of for me to go eight days without an Amazon purchase, and I've managed that.

(After a great deal of soul searching I concluded that although I'd LOVE to cut my Amazon Prime subscription and send Bezos a big Fuck You letter, I am not able to do that at this time--Sorry. I do feel terrible about it. But the next best thing is to use it only when necessary.)

Hotler

(13,747 posts)
36. Repugs had good success with the Bud Light and Harley Davidson boycotts. Can't quit without trying.
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 10:12 PM
Jan 2025

The only thing holding us back is lack of effort. Spending boycott takes hardly any effort.

Initech

(108,788 posts)
34. And turn off your TV too!
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 05:04 PM
Jan 2025

These assholes live on television. They want to be seen 24 hours a day. Turn that shit off. Do not watch any news or opinion shows. Limit that shit as much as possible!

Block ads and commercials at every opportunity too. The less they're seen, the better!

barbiegeek

(1,142 posts)
37. What stores do we boycott
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 12:23 AM
Jan 2025

Where should I NOT spend my at? I would love advice on shopping Dem supporter stores only. Thank you

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