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Saturday, September 8th, 2001

Five-Fold Path towards a Robust Economy

Ways to strengthen local, community, state, national or regional economies

by Win Wenger, Ph.D.

I hereby suggest five ways in which a local, community, state, national or regional economy can be readily moved toward a stably robust condition.

Each of these five diverse ways makes stronger use of immediate local resources.

Each of these five diverse ways is a self-reliant way of moving ahead without waiting upon external help or developments. Meaning, among other things, that no help is required from IMF, the USA, or other international power or institution before desired results can be brought about.

Each of these five diverse ways can be actualized directly from local resources and through local people.

In economic hard times, nearly everyone suffers at least somewhat while waiting for someone else to do something that will make things work right again. Withheld products and services result in less wealth, less means with which to seek to find means of recovery. Many factors contribute, but it usually takes far longer than it should for economic arrangements to re-work in ways which enable people and resources generally to get productive again.

If we look at the most basic issue and principles, the problem becomes obvious and its solution apparently simple. Once we look at that simple point, then I will propose five different ways for restarting and augmenting the productive use and flow of people and resources characteristic of a stable economy at its most robust.

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Monday, September 3rd, 2001

Labor Day

is an annual holiday devoted to the recognition of working people’s contribution to society. Labor Day is observed on the first Monday in September in the United States and Canada and on May 1 or other dates in other countries.

The idea for such a holiday in the United States is attributed to Peter J. McGuire, a carpenter and labor union leader who later cofounded the precursor of the AFL-CIO. In 1882 he suggested to the Central Labor Union of New York that a celebration be held to honour the American worker. Acting on this idea, about 10,000 workers paraded in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882, under the sponsorship of the Knights of Labor. The date of the celebration was chosen simply because it filled up the long gap between Independence Day and Thanksgiving. In 1884 the Knights of Labor adopted a resolution that the first Monday in September should be considered Labor Day. The idea spread rapidly, and by 1885 Labor Day events were taking place in many states. Oregon in 1887 was the first state to grant legal status to Labor Day (though the state initially celebrated it on the first Saturday in June). That same year Colorado, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts established the holiday on the first Monday in September, and other states soon followed. In 1894 Congress passed a bill making Labor Day a national holiday.

Thanks Britannica.com

George W. Bush Speaks

“We’ve got some problems on the horizon. One of my jobs is not to shrink from the problems but to deal with them,” Bush said. “On this Labor Day, I’ve got to tell you, I’m concerned about working families. I’m concerned about our economy. It’s not as strong as it should be.” He said the economy has grown by a 1 percent in the past year. “That’s not good enough for America,”

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