Archive for ‘Public Bank’

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Jun01

Public banking conference on lifestream tomorrow (Sunday)

by Linda Boyd on June 1st, 2013 at 7:26 pm
Posted In: Activism, Economics, Public Bank

Don’t miss the Public Banking Conference on lifestream.  Speakers will include Ellen Brown, Matt Taibbi, Gar Alperovitz, and Birgitta Jonsdottir. Thanks to John Repp and Cindy Cole will represent Washington State there! The Public Banking Institute is having their annual conference in San Francisco beginning at 1:00 PM tomorrow, Sunday, June 2nd, 3rd and 4th.   If you have […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Apr11

Effective and doable

by Linda Boyd on April 11th, 2013 at 7:19 am
Posted In: Economics, Banks, Economics, Public Bank, Elections, Rocky Anderson

PUBLIC STATE BANKS OR WALL STREET BANKS: THE CHOICE IS OURS If you missed last Saturday’s “Banking for We the People” call, then you missed a great discussion about an elegant yet simple economic solution, which helps states save huge sums of taxpayer dollars and shores up local economies. We heard from Rocky Anderson and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar26

Public Banking Conference Call – April 6, 2013 – RSVP NOW!

by Linda Boyd on March 26th, 2013 at 3:02 pm
Posted In: Economics, Banks, Justice, Economic Justice, Economics, Public Bank, Elections, Rocky Anderson

Ellen Brown, author of Web of Debt, is the inspiration and thought leader behind the Public Banking Institute, where she serves as Chairman and President. Ellen will discuss the benefits of public banking, the disadvantages of the current banking system and what we can do to take control of our banking system so it works […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Feb25

SB 5029 – Creating the Washington investment trust update

by Linda Boyd on February 25th, 2013 at 7:19 pm
Posted In: Politics, Washington State Politics, Bob Hasegawa, Economics, Public Bank

Friends, We need a state bank. Not much good will come out of the legislature this year, but we must continue to push the state bank idea forward. We can make our money go further, reduce state debt, and keep investing in our own state economy. It doesn’t hurt that this bill would take our […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Feb10

State Bank hearing Feb 14 in Olympia

by Linda Boyd on February 10th, 2013 at 7:57 pm
Posted In: Politics, Washington State Politics, Bob Hasegawa, Economics, Public Bank, Politics, Washington State Politics

Chio Saeteurn, Legislative Assistant to State Sen. Bob Hasegawa reports: On behalf of Senator Hasegawa, I am pleased to inform you that SB 5029, Creating the Washington investment trust, has been scheduled for a public hearing on Thursday, February 14th at 1:30 pm in the Senate Committee of Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance, Senate […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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