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HiPointDem

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12. wow. that was my idea, that cities/counties put the money they now spend on tourism &

Reply to Luminous Animal (Reply #6)

Sun Jun 3, 2012, 04:40 AM

Jun 2012

business "consultants" (who, in my community, have recommended stupid things like putting up flags and planters to make our downtown more "attractive" to those big investors who are going to show up any day now, yeah, right) into start-up funds for public businesses.

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An new employee-based model for businesses: [View all] Jackpine Radical Jun 2012 OP

It can be done. FarCenter Jun 2012 #1

(Johnny Carson voice:) I. Did. Not. Know. That. Jackpine Radical Jun 2012 #2

Startups often conform to your model FarCenter Jun 2012 #7

That would not work for some types of business Speck Tater Jun 2012 #3

A good start ... scribble Jun 2012 #4

That's what credit unions are for. Jackpine Radical Jun 2012 #9

The Mondragon Corporation employing 83,000 people in 256 co-ops Luminous Animal Jun 2012 #5

Hippie Capitalism: How An Impoverished U.S. City Is Building An Economy On Co-ops Luminous Animal Jun 2012 #6

wow. that was my idea, that cities/counties put the money they now spend on tourism & HiPointDem Jun 2012 #12

Is that similar to how things run in Germany, by any chance? Zalatix Jun 2012 #8

Das kann ich nicht sagen. Jackpine Radical Jun 2012 #10

Regardless, there should be more rec's for this thread. Zalatix Jun 2012 #11