Sometimes it is just important to believe in something. I believe in and feel strongly about local farming, sustainability, and buying locally. Here's my theory:
If we all stopped spending outside the
United States, we might actually
be able to begin investing money back into
the things that WE need.
Call me selfish but I truly believe that if we would all just start thinking about our small local areas, we might be able to start pulling our country out of the deficit we are in. Right now, buying local is expensive for people. I know that where I am from, a small town in NY, people just don't have the kind of money to pay farmers what they need to keep their farms alive. However, if even for just a short time everyone made an effort to buy whatever they can locally, I think that the result would be lowered local prices as well! If the farmers could just afford their farms and what they do, eventually the money we spend and what they sell would even out and end with the prices being more reasonable.
If you really think this through, I think it makes sense. If I spend my money and time thinking about making my town or even county a better place and everyone else would do the same in their areas, I think it would cost us less to get our country back up to the super power it once was. And then, when we get back to a place where we actually can hold some power and help other countries without putting ourselves in the slums, it's then that we do that. Right now is not the time. We are no good to anyone else if we can't even help ourselves.
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