The idea is simple: If enough people who have money in one of the big four banks move it into smaller, more local, more traditional community banks, then collectively we, the people, will have taken a big step toward re-rigging the financial system so it becomes again the productive, stable engine for growth it's meant to be. It's neither Left nor Right -- it's populism at its best.
Huffington Post
Move Your Money: A New Year's Resolution
December 29, 2009
Now that the new year has arrived, are you thinking about New Year's resolutions? In that connection, here's something interesting from the Huffington Post:
• Move Your Money: A New Year's ResolutionBe sure to check out the thought-provocative video, (which is also embedded on the Huffington Post site):
There's also a link to the moveyourmoney.info site, which has a handy search box enabling curious readers to identify healthy local community banks:
• Move Your Money - Find a BankBeing the curious type ourselves, we googled our own zip code... and here are our search results, (saved to an Adobe PDF file):
• Banks in Your Neighborhood - Zip Code 84403Something to think about, we think, on an otherwise dreary New Year's afternoon.
And what say our gentle readers about all this?