Ring the Dollar Bell - Vote with your Wallet
We all understand the importance of the ballot box and who hasn’t heard of the Liberty Bell. Perhaps it’s time we create a highly visible online Dollar Bell and begin to vote with our wallets. Individual p urchasing power allows us to hold businesses accountable by either rewarding or punishing them based on our preferences, values, beliefs and politics. C ompanies will either hear the productive ding, ding, ding of incoming dollars or silent disapproval. An i ndividual voting with their wallet is barely significant as one billionaire can offset a lot of purchases, consequently voting with your wallet MUST resonate with the masses. Gr assroots c onsumer boycotts are extremely powerful as we have all witnessed with the recent decline of Budweiser. Politicians can’t get elected without financial support and l ess money for businesses that are not in step with voter concerns means less money for the politicians they keep in their pockets. On the other hand, politicians and ...