Make Your Own Currency
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Jazzy Phat Nastee at 12.4.08 - 6:18 pm
Neighborhoods Propose Printing Their Own Currency To Encourage Local Shopping
Two neighborhoods in Milwaukee are considering printing their own currency, which could be bought with U.S. dollars, but would be only accepted at local businesses, in order to encourage people to shop at home instead of Walmart.
It's not a new concept — the Chicago Tribune says that lots of towns and neighborhoods relied on their own local currency during the Great Depression. It's also perfectly legal.
So what's the advantage for shoppers? Well, the currency could offer incentives — trading $100 US for $110 in the local currency would give shoppers a 10% bonus, for example.
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legal indeed. that would would diversify the currency market in the US since the fed basically handles it all.
elhefecris0812.5.08 - 12:06 am
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YES! i have access to a great laserjet...glad the FBI doesnt read this..
SKIDMARCUS12.5.08 - 11:06 am
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http://spacecollective.org/joakim/1740/What-Money-Is
Graham12.5.08 - 11:08 am
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TEN XXXTRA LARGE
HAULIN' ASS
GETTIN' PAID
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT!
wcfields12.5.08 - 11:47 am
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FUNDERRRCASH!!!!! FTW
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skano12.5.08 - 11:54 am
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woah crazy i just found some monies from different countries last night and thought i should scan them and modify...now it's a must. Time for 818 dollaz?
kryxtanicole12.5.08 - 12:21 pm
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About 10 years ago, a friend and I organized a mailart show with a theme of "design a dollar".
Artists from around the world sent in their own currency designs, and we exhibited them all in South Lake Tahoe.
Mailart is kinda like M.R., only the activity happens through the postal system. Every entry is exhibited, everybody gets a catalog of the show and a good time is had by all, in a detached sort of way.
We didn't make any money from this, either!
(Except the funny money artists sent us)
Creative Thing12.5.08 - 1:51 pm
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