[FRIAM] Pardon the interuption, for questions about banking apps

[glen]

You're predilections to the CSA and micro-lending are good. But, like you, I haven't pulled the trigger on much of that. I am a member of 2 credit unions and am a member of Co-Ops for books, beer, and (until they shut down) accounting.

This site has a lot of good ideas, many of which you're probably already doing to some extent (like composting):

https://ilsr.org/

Most importantly, they (and other organizations) argue for Public Banks. North Dakota is the only state that has one. And I've been peripherally advocating for WA to do the same since we moved here <https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5188&Initiative=false&Year=2021>, as well as the push for statewide healthcare <https://ballotpedia.org/Washington_Universal_Public_Healthcare_Coverage_Initiative_(2023)>

Not much of that is very practical. If you can't look into someone's face, share virus-laden spittle, and press the flesh, then you're guaranteed to be feeding a grifter like Uihlein, Cathy, et al, shaving sub-pennies off every transaction then pumping the profits into whatever ideological direction they've been hypnotized by. Every chicken sandwich you buy <https://www.chick-fil-a.com/> promotes anti-Trans rhetoric. Every box of plastic sheeting you buy <https://www.uline.com/> routes money to Turning Point USA or some other batshit organization.

At least when/if you do business with a small company owned by a right-winger, you know less (or none) of that goes to right-wing rhetoric on the internet because that person is working too hard to waste time on that stupidity. But, whatever. It's a free country ... at least for now.

On 9/30/22 08:53, Steve Smith wrote:
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> Any thoughts/insight/advice on going even further than a "local bank"? 

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