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CONTENTS
1. FORUM: Economic Justice in Santa Fe, March 30
2. Cities and States Prefer Public Banks to Wall Street
3. Ellen Brown (podcast): North of the Border, Up Canada Way…
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Find out how a Public Bank for Santa Fe could create economic justice for our Sanctuary City — today and tomorrow.
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Cities and States Prefer Public Banks to Wall Street
by John Lawrence, San Diego Free Press | posted by PUBLIC BANKING INST | 0gb | March 09, 2017
Alarmed by the corruption and greed of Wall Street, many US cities and states are studying the feasibility of establishing public banks.
Graphic: Washington Public Banking Coalition
Public banks are owned by cities, states or other jurisdictions and serve to keep funds local instead of being deposited on Wall Street. The funds are then used to support local economic activities like small business loans and student loans.
Washington State has already cut its ties with Wells Fargo because they funded DAPL. Now they want to get rid of Wall Street as a place to park their money making use of the local economy and profiting the people of Washington instead of the bankers of Wall Street. Bills were introduced on January 18 in both the House and Senate of the Washington State Legislature that add Washington to the growing number of states now actively moving to create public banking facilities.