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usedtobedemgurl

(1,922 posts)
Fri Feb 28, 2025, 12:40 PM Feb 2025

Can you spend a little money today?

Please reach out to the ACLU and give a few dollars. Not spending at stores sends one message. Giving to the ACLU sends an extra message. I did my part today. I hope you will give

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Can you spend a little money today? (Original Post) usedtobedemgurl Feb 2025 OP
The American Library Association is good, too. murielm99 Feb 2025 #1
That is another good one! usedtobedemgurl Feb 2025 #2
Donate tomorrow, donating today defeats our purpose questionseverything Feb 2025 #3
not today nt orleans Feb 2025 #4
I understood we could purchase at local, mom-and-pop shops.... Sogo Feb 2025 #5
If you absolutely had to have that stuff today, small and local is always better but questionseverything Feb 2025 #6

questionseverything

(11,508 posts)
3. Donate tomorrow, donating today defeats our purpose
Fri Feb 28, 2025, 12:55 PM
Feb 2025

What 1%ers need to see today is that we can stop economic activity, we need to creator their graph with a deep v

Good activity shows on the graph just like bad activity does, so even a super worthwhile donation ruins the “v”

Sogo

(6,946 posts)
5. I understood we could purchase at local, mom-and-pop shops....
Fri Feb 28, 2025, 01:42 PM
Feb 2025

I bought takeout at a small, locally owned restaurant and a few grocery items from a small, locally owned grocer, who is a personal friend.

questionseverything

(11,508 posts)
6. If you absolutely had to have that stuff today, small and local is always better but
Fri Feb 28, 2025, 02:14 PM
Feb 2025

What we are trying to do is stop economic activity for 24 hours, all activity both good and bad…. That’s what will get the 1%ers attention, showing them , we can turn the economy on or off , as we please

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