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Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil.
Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
Mohandas Gandhi,
Indian nationalist leader known for his doctrine of nonviolent protest
May Our Community Print and Use Its Own Money?
Public Purposes of the Local Currency
Which "Socially-Useful" Activities?
May Our Community Print and Use Its Own Money?
Yes. Two sources of information in this regard:
www.ithacahours.org and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_currency .
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Public Purposes of the Local Currency:
enable a community to fund socially-useful activities which otherwise would not have funding;
generate more business for businesses in the community;
teach individuals self-reliance, selflessness, and sustainable solutions.
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Which "Socially-Useful" Activities?
The following list is not complete, because, for example, it does not include high schoolers being paid by a local currency to tutor middle schoolers. Nevertheless, we see that a local currency could make possible many activities to improve the quality of life in a community.
The list is from Paul Glover's Hometown Money: How to Enrich Your Community with Local Currency. A local currency can help bring about many little solutions.
Air pollution Barter
Animal extinction Bicycles
Child abuse Microbusinesses
Child labor Bioregionalism
Corporate greed Citizen diplomacy
Crime Compost toilets
Debt Credit unions
Deforestation Farmer’s markets
Disease Health fund
Domestic violence Hemp fiber
Drugs Land reform
Divorce Alternative fuels
Farm and soil loss Military conversion
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Fuel shortage Neighborhood industry
Global warming Organic farms
Incinerators Worker ownership
Job loss Permaculture
Medical coverage Recycling
Oil spills Proportional voting
Ozone depletion Recycling
Pesticides Solar power
Political corruption Sweat equity
Poverty Trolleys
Racism TV turn-off
Sexism Union democracy
Traffic jams Urban agriculture
War Wind power
Waste disposal
Water pollution
Weapons sales
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Rules for the Local Currency:
the local currency is meant to improve the quality of life for people who labor, learn or live in a community, this without partisanship or discrimination;
the local currency is to abide by federal, state, and local laws at all time;
the staff creating and operating the local currency is to employ best practices at all times, as explained in chapter 16 of this textbook.
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