Bucking Economic Greed

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For those to whom we lend the money, it?s important that they be just as conscious of where that money is coming from. And as they repay their obligations, we?ve heard time and time again how much easier it is for them when they?re writing their check to picture the whole community that has wanted them to succeed. This is the true form of transparency.

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Michael Kieschnick
Co-founder, Working Assets

Most ways of using money have made the world worse. Thankfully, there are an infinite number of honorable ways to give, invest, spend?and not spend?money that would make the world better. This is a very personal choice, and the best choice is one that can be sustained over time. Three that seem critical to me are:

Spending money to change who is president of the United States. There has never been so much power concentrated in one country, and that country is led by someone with a messianic goal of rolling back the 20th century;

Keeping money out of the hands of the national chains, and instead buying goods that are made to last from local stores, artists, and farmers; and

Giving money in a way that provides women and girls with full educational opportunities, civil rights, political power, and freedom of expression around the world.

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Catherine Austin Fitts
President, Solari Inc.

The best investment opportunity in America is to start a solari, which is a neighborhood investment databank and adviser. A solari circulates information about ?how the money works? and helps small businesses and real estate access local and global equity markets in a way that significantly increases equity yields in a neighborhood or small town. Investing our time and money in a neighborhood solari is a way to build retirement savings by ?voting with our money? for a sustainable economy.

For more on Solari Inc., visit www.solari.com

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