Vote with your wallet.

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Great site! More Americans need to understand that in a free market economy we essentially have the opportunity to vote every day. Some examples of how I vote with my wallet are buying gas only from Shell and vehicles only from Ford. When oil exectutives were called before congress to testify in 2008, Shell was the only company bold enough to point out the government's role in high gas prices. I have always supported Ford Motor Company, but when they became the only American auto maker to turn down a government bailout my respect went to a new level.

SL

I actually found your site while trying to purchase the domain name votewithyourwallet.org. I commend everyone for "spending" their convictions. The problem I see is that everyone has different convictions and people are all over the place trying to make an impact. My desire is to create a platform for a grass roots movement very much along the lines of what your are doing except focused on one particular company - General Motors. I personally will not purchase any GM or Chrysler product as long as taxpayer money is being used to fund them or purchase stock in them. My idea would be to force Washington to divest itself of its stake in GM by selling it off to private investors. This would be acomplished by getting enough people to not buy GM products that the company, under government control, could never be viable. Not that it's viable now, but the goal would be to drive it even further into the ground and force the issue with Congress. I believe that beginning with GM would be most effective since consumers are familiar with the products and buy them directly. Targeting banks or AIG would be a lot harder to pull off. This endeavor would take some money, some people with good organizational skills, PR experience, etc. If successful, this same tactic of selectively targeting certain government controlled businesses could be used again and again until Uncle Sam is driven out of the private sector once and for all. I look forward to your feedback

Dan Bilezikian

I do the opposite of BuyBlue.org

Nick

There are so many liberal points of view in the media. That's why I stopped watching Sports Center, or PMS-NBC for that matter. Look….there’s only one way to impact these networks and the anti-conservative messages they promote….VOTE WITH YOU’RE WALLET!!! I don't buy products from known anti-conservative companies, or…if a liberal celebrity endorses it. I don’t watch movies or TV or buy music that with liberal stars or lyrics or anti-conservative messages. Of course that leaves fewer alternatives, but they are there. FoxNews and FoxNation are prime examples of where I invest my time and money. REMEMBER….Conservative alternatives will not grow and flourish if Conservatives don’t support them, because you know (or should if you don’t) that conservatives are shunned in Hollywood and NYC. They are already playing this game….so Conservatives….VOTE WITH YOU’RE WALLET!!!

JohnE_TX

You vote with your wallet by knowing how you purchases are being made and how the people making them are being treated. You should also know where the money you spend is going(ex. is it being used to fund a war? or to stop a war? or just nothing at all?) these are things that you must know in order to vote with your wallet.

brittany

I don't watch Entertainment Tonight.

Steve

I love to buy local IF my local store offers something unique or provides a service the big box does not. Sometimes this is the case and I am happy. If your only virtue is that you are a local small business that is not good enough.

not "the man"

second-hand!

s

LOCAL! CSA! Made in the USA! Humane! Organic! Handmade/homemade!

steph

When it comes to bananas, chocolate or coffee, I only buy fair trade. I can´t afford to buy organically grown produce regularly but I do so whenever I`ve got the money. I boycott brands that treat their employees badly or don´t pay minimum wage at least. My clothes come from the american apparel store who doesn´t support sweatshops.

Sophie

I support local business

Kizamu

I don't frequent McDonalds.

Steve Dawson

I don't buy meat or conventionally raised vegetables, if at all possible.

Stephanie Anagnoson

I don't buy meat.

Alex

I've never set foot in a Walmart. My kids have never set food in a McDonald's or any other fast food emporium. We get basic cable only (for Jon Stewart and PBS), no HBO (big Republican donor.) Netflix rules! No advertising, ever (we record anything we watch in advance). I get lots of stuff used through eBay -- especially great great for kids clothes and toys. We grocery shop once a week, from a list -- no impulse buys. No debt. No commercial "feminine products." Sea sponges, Moon pads, and Diva cups are great! Local produce, meat and eggs whenever possible -- it costs more, but the money goes to neighbors. (Besides, I get my kids clothes used!) We roast and grind our own fair trade coffee and make our own cappuccinos with a stovetop espresso maker and steamer. No soft drinks. We make our own ginger ale and buy locally brewed root beer (no corn syrup, no preservative) for a once a week treat. Shampoo, toothpaste, face cream, soap, laundry detergent -- we read labels and don't buy anything with chemical preservatives and harsh or carcinogenic ingredients. Once you start playing the "Vote with your Dollars" game, it's amazing how many choices you have, and how empowering it is to make them every day.

Ideasinca

Stop looking at sales flyers - I find that if you don't even look at them, you buy way less. They create need - when you see something on sale, you think you need it NOW, just because it's on sale, but if you'd never seen that it's on sale, you would probably never have bought it (or needed it) at all. Sales flyers are voluminously distributed for a good reason - they work.

shlala

My cell phone "contract" is about up. I'm going month to month afterwards. If things get dicy, I turn it off.

Farmer Chuck

i unplugged cabled tv services

erik the red