I have a question, if every Democarat in America refused to

[southern democrat]

spend any money for 3 days(a 3 day money strike) would it have any impact?

[DebJ]

1. pent up demand on day 4....which would be reported as a boon

in the economy

[fugue]

2. No.

Because the corporations know that we have to eventually start spending again.

You need to vote with your pocketbook and permanently move to products that are environmentally sound from worker-friendly companies.

I grant it's hard. I am slowly readjusting my spending that direction. It's difficult, but, as Jon Stewart said yesterday, you can sleep at night.

[glitch]

3. It gets easier - it can even be fun.

PS I like your screen name.:hi:

[fugue]

8. And I love your sig!

I almost made mine "John Kerry must die. Lord Bush must live. Work, work, work . . . ," but I was afraid that too few folks would get the reference.

I'm trying. My latest loss (and it's a hard one is Overstock.com. I didn't realize they were right wing, and I managed to get some things I really needed (my backpack and boots--I don't have a car) for prices I could afford.

Sigh. I'm sure I'll get better at it, and then it will be easier.

[glitch]

12. LOL! Do you have a Costco nearby? They're good for overstocks.

I finally joined them because they are union and support Dems and I needed an emergency computer. When I need something basic I usually check ebay.com first though.

[fugue]

13. No, we're hardly on the map

Don't even have a Wal-Mart yet. (And we worked many years to keep them out, but they'll be here soon. . . .)

[glitch]

15. Sorry to hear that about Walmart - that makes it a lot tougher.

You're going to have to be more resourceful than I have to be. Keep posted on what you can figure out.

Good luck!

[China_cat]

17. Costco is online

[Booster]

21. eBay is Republican.

but I'm not sure I could give up eBay. ha Besides, I am impressed by the woman CEO of eBay inasmuch as she was smart enough to offer all of her heavy sellers health insurance benefits and that's at least a step in the right direction. I think she is the old Republican, the one we all kind of respected a long time ago.

[aeolian]

4. I would only effect the retailers,

and then only for a few days. The retailers have already bought the product from the manufacturers, so the big corps already have their money. They wouldn't even see a blip.

Plus, unless you go out into the woods, it's impossible to not consume (heat, electricity, gasoline, food).

Everyone will go back to the store on the fourth day anyway.

All it might do is mess up some inventory stock.

[Selatius]

5. Reply

If every Democrat in America refused to come to work for three days as well as not spend money during that time, that would probably hit the economy harder than Osama did.

[beyurslf]

6. Only if they didn't actually use any products on those 3 days.

If you still use the food, gas, and other items, then you will have to spend that money eventually.

It is the same as those "National Do Not Buy Gas" days. This only works if you don't USE gas that day. If you use it, then you are just filling up the day before or the day after.

[Union Thug]

7. I always thought the best economic picketing ...

... would take the form of a large percentage of the population refusing to pay their bills.

Or, simply to ignore the rules of the bourgeois... think 'principle of expropriation"

[waywest]

9. I almost need a new refrigerator....

Come Kerry's landslide, I will buy one. Meanwhile, I can wait.

[K-W]

10. No, 3 days is nothing.

There would be a 3 day dip in sales followed by a rise afterwards as people spent money again. It wouldnt impact anyones bottom lines much.

Strikes must be sustained.

[951]

11. I can go weeks on end without spending thanks to this admin economy

[mondohondo]

14. What about other alternatives?

What if we could make November 1 "Use Public Transportation Day"?

What if we petitioned the Congress to make election day a national holiday? (Much too late for 2004 but what if we set November 7, 2006 as our goal?)

What about the conservation measures instituted during WW II like "meatless Tuesday" or "gasless Sunday"?

What if we designated every third Wednesday of the month as "Turn off your TV day"? Read a book, or even better still, talk to your family?

The kind of internet organization that went on to launch Howard Dean's campaign or that sustains the Kerry campaign doesn't have to stop on November 3rd. I imagine that we could come up with many worthy causes that we could manipulate to further the progressive agenda in this country.

Use Thanksgiving day to promote feeding the hungry. Use Christmas to house the homeless. Use St. Patrick's day to campaign against alcoholism and drug abuse. You get the idea.

[sandnsea]

16. Yes

Except St. Pat's day sounds a little stereotypical there.

But I totally agree with boycotting on a specific day. Permanently. Boycotts do work. The grape and tuna boycotts both worked. It just has to be highly targeted.

[troublemaker]

18. Precisely what I've been thinking. 3 days is the correct period.

[Zorra]

19. Dunno. Let's use the scientific method - do it and see if it works. n/t

[ldf]

20. there is a lot of discretionary spending

that could be curtailed.

IF we had the will power and desire to do it.

but we as a society are instant gratification junkies.

and besides, we can't concentrate on stuff like that. we have "survivor", "american idol" to watch and vote on, and "fear factor" to keep us occupied. or "desperate housewives" to titillate us. they are much more important than fighting for our very lives.

:grr:

if bush gets re-selected, i am spending zero dollars on anything but basic necessities.

and i HAVE been needing to lose a few inches around the waistline. so i could maybe cut down on food, too.