Dear Neal,<br><br>I&#39;m off to a, hopefully deserved, 10 day holiday with the kids, so I&#39;ll have to skip this one, but hope others can chip in,<br><br>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:24 PM, Neal Gorenflo <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:neal@shareable.net">neal@shareable.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hi all, <div><br></div><div>Shareable would like your help.  We&#39;re putting together a post on how Wisconsin can increase economic democracy.  Below is the beginning of a list.  </div>
<div><br></div><div>What innovations would you add to this list?  What comments do you have about this list?<div>

<br></div><div><div><div>-start a state bank like South Dakota</div><div>-support worker coops (but how?  What states have done this well?)</div><div>-help cities go carfree (any good examples of state laws that you know about that help cities with this?)</div>


<div>-micro-manufacturing, make stuff locally (any examples you can share?)</div><div>-participatory budgeting in cities  (any examples of states or provinces passing laws that support city level PB?  Or anything with a city-state tie related to PB?)</div>


<div><br></div><div>Please include relevant links where possible when sharing an idea (as well as a link to your project which we&#39;ll use in a cite if we publish an idea you share).</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;m inspired by events in Wisconsin and hope to further the ideas of Dennis Kucinich whose recent speech elevated a labor issue to one about the need for radical economic policy change including reform of the federal reserve.  Here&#39;s his recent speech:</div>


<div><br></div><div><a href="http://readersupportednews.org/video/4-video/5275-dennis-kucinich-speaking-at-workers-rights-rally-in-madison-wi" target="_blank">http://readersupportednews.org/video/4-video/5275-dennis-kucinich-speaking-at-workers-rights-rally-in-madison-wi</a></div>


<div> </div><div>Thank you!</div><div><br></div><div>Neal</div><div><br></div><div><div><br>--<br><br>Neal Gorenflo | Publisher, <a href="http://shareable.net/" target="_blank">http://Shareable.net</a> | 415.867.0429<br>


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