Not One Damn Dime Day - Jan 20, 2005

[MaggieSwanson]

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Not One Damn Dime Day - Jan 20, 2005

Since our religious leaders will not speak out against the war in
Iraq, since our political leaders don't have the moral courage to
oppose it, Inauguration Day, Thursday, January 20th, 2005 is "Not
One Damn Dime Day" in America.

On "Not One Damn Dime Day" those who oppose what is happening in our
name in Iraq can speak up with a 24-hour national boycott of all
forms of consumer spending.

During "Not One Damn Dime Day" please don't spend money. No one damn
dime for gasoline. Not one damn dime for necessities or for impulse
purchases. Not one damn dime for nothing for 24 hours.
On "Not One Damn Dime Day," please boycott Wal-Mart, Kmart and
Target.

Please don't go to the mall or the local convenience store. Please
don't buy any fast food (or any groceries at all for that matter).
For 24 hours, please do what you can to shut the retail economy down.

The object is simple. Remind the people in power that the war in Iraq is immoral and illegal; that they are responsible for starting it and that it is their responsibility to stop it.

"Not One Damn Dime Day" is to remind them, too, that they work for
the people of the United States of America, not for the international corporations and K Street lobbyists who represent the corporations and funnel cash into American politics.

"Not One Damn Dime Day" is about supporting the troops. The
politicians put the troops in harm's way.

Now 1,200 brave young Americans and (some estimate) 100,000 Iraqis
have died. The politicians owe our troops a plan - a way to come
home.

There's no rally to attend. No marching to do. No left or right wing
agenda to rant about. On "Not One Damn Dime Day" you take action by
doing nothing.

You open your mouth by keeping your wallet closed.

For 24 hours,nothing gets spent, not one damn dime, to remind our
religious leaders and our politicians of their moral responsibility
to end the war in Iraq and give America back to the people.


James Wong
Marsteller Interactive
Burson-Marsteller

[WildClarySage]

1. Snopes.com

has a bit on this. Basically, it says that it won't work b/c the people being hit are not going to be the politicians, and that buying stuff on one day rather than another isn't going to change much.

A much better activism effort is to target specificly political corporatins, ie. switching from CVS to Rite Aid, or no longer eating at Olive Garden. We decided we were no longer going to pay these people to contribute to a political party which is hurting women, minorities, working people, the elderly, the GLBT community, etc.

[trogdor]

3. It's a symbolic thing.

I doubt the people intigating "Not One Dime" have any illusions about its effect on anything. What worries me is a similar push to have people call in sick that day as well. That would make Bush's coronation day more like a holiday than anything else. So I guess I agree with you that the thing to do is "sinclair" certain companies like Wal*Mart.

[left is right]

2. take 1 damn dime day to the furtherest extremes

use this day to unsubscribe to your local newspaper, and your Time/Newsweek weekly fix. Turn off your televisions, turn off the Internet and make not one damn dime day a regular event on a personal level. Reduce all discretionary spending by at least 10%. Take your lunch to work instead of going out for fast food. Do you really need another new blouse or pair of running shoes? If we all did this every week for over a year, might we not be a little healthier, a little less fat, a little happier?