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To: Bill on the Hill who wrote (8325)	3/10/2008 5:38:38 PM
From: bullbud	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50195

Bill- LOVE THAT IDEA!

To: Bill on the Hill who wrote (8325)	3/13/2008 12:51:45 AM
From: Jane4IceCream	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50195

Going to buy coffee beans with my little checque! Jane

To: Bill on the Hill who wrote (8325)	3/13/2008 9:06:47 AM
From: crdesign	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50195

The best protest we could engineer against the machine is to quit paying our mortgages for six months. Everybody quit. All at once. No more car, house, boat payments. Cut up the credit cards and make no payments. We don't want to ruin our credit but you make an excellent point! I hope the US govt is preparing for the massive wave of folks who are waking up to Americans expanding waste & it's expanding waist! We're going to throttle back participating in the consumer economy. As my Bride & I were cleaning our offices preparing for taxes this weekend, we realized and admitted that even at the tender age of 40, We own more books, furniture, decorations and just plain crap stuff to keep 10 families satisfied. Quite frankly, we live skimpier & more frugal than a majority of our friends; we have no kids. My eyes roll back in my head when we visit our friends with kids; Obscene amounts of crap only begins to describe their lives. We decided we will keep up with our gardens & travel infrequently. That's it. We'll continue to cook @ home, exercise in our beautiful Philly Parks, fix & maintain what we already own. Based on our lifestyle the only regular businesses I see surviving are less than Ten: Acme Markets (gotta eat) New Balance (sneakers) Apple& Blockbuster.com (for music & videos) Amazon.com (tools& books) Local auto garage (Ria's Dad operates one, that's a big savings in our life.) Benjamin Moore (paint) Sevicestar/True Value (Why drive to HD & Lowes when I can walk or bike & support my local hardware store?) Ralph Lauren (my wife's one vice) Total Wine in Delaware (my vice... hey it's far cheaper than PA Wine stores & it's tax free. LOL) There's isn't a single material thing you can take to the next world. So why own it now? Tim