If you don’t like the direction the world is taking, you can do something about it. If you can spare the price of a cup of coffee just once a week, you can make a change that matters to you—and to somebody else, too.
A simple inventory of your budget will reveal how much of the money you spend supports corporation profits—food money, gas money, clotthing, transportation, communication, entertainment—probably most of what you spend.
Spare just a little of your disposable income for people who are trying to bring you a better society, not sell you a better toothpaste. An organization called Don’t Almost Give is trying to make it easier for people to be generous by organizing information about charities on a website. It’s a great resource when you’re in a position to share a little of your own good fortune.
The coffee money you spend will save you even more money in other parts of your budget—food money, gas money, clotthing, transportation, communication, entertainment—and your taxes.
One of the fallacies of politics is that progressive causes raise your taxes. They don’t. Policies such as war, corporate subsidies, and tax breaks for wealthy families put more pressure on working class taxes—and don’t fool yourself, if you have a job, you’re a working class citizen—than environmentalism, living wages, or fair election practices. If you have any doubts, pick up a copy of Perfectly Legal by Pulitzer Prize winning author, David Cay Johnston.
Don’t forget independent media when considering the worthy causes!
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