• Planting orchards and gardens so neighborhoods feed themselves • Installing deep insulation and superwindows to reduce heating loads & clean water and air •!Depaving vacant parking lots to reduce heat island cooling costs • Installing green/white roofs to reduce cooling loads • Installing biodigester toilets to reduce water use & treatment costs • Expanding transit GOVERNMENT Because there are not enough dollars to hire the dozens of millions needed to rebuild this country, workers will be paid partly with regional sweat equity credits backed by public/private lands and services, and redeemable for basic needs. These credits include: Tax credits, Land credits, Home purchase credits, Home repair credits, Food via contract with urban farms, Medical care, Child care, Transit, Recreation/Entertainment. LEGISLATION To facilitate these changes, cities will provide relevant incentives: • Vacant Lot Act • Depaving Tax Credit •!Vacant Paving Tax •!Depaving Tax Credit
LOCAL GREEN BUDGET
! ! ! !Yes, the lottery is a tax on desperation. But when Powerball hit $193 million, I made a list of how I'd spend them. Then I compared my list with how most winners spend- for megamansions, olympic pools, week-long beer blasts, investments in destructive multinationals. So I bought one ticket, because I'd invest in my city to seed the following enterprises, to create thousands of green jobs: * PEOPLE’S INSULATION FACTORY (PIF) Superinsulation made of local newsprint would cut our heating/cooling bills by over 80%, giving us discretionary income to support local businesses & farms, thus creating new jobs & strengthening local culture. The foundation of economic development. $10 milllion. *!PUBLIC ELECTRIC SUN CO-OP (PESCO) to generate rooftop electricity, while retaining wealth locally. $12 million. *!GRASSROOTS HEALTH CO-OP to allow thousands of members to self-insure, keeping billions/year insurance payments in this county instead of wasting it on HMOs. $18 million. *!DENTAL CLINICS member-owned by low-income residents, to provide free care. $14 million. *!MASSAGE ARMY to provide free chair massages citywide every day for 10 years. $5 million. *!ECOLONIES and EARTHSHIPS create mixed-use, lowincome, multifamily dwellings which need no fossil fuel for heating and cooling. $35 million. *!HOMEOWNER REVOLVING LOAN FUND interest-free, to transfer rental homes to co-op owners. Removes housing from the speculative market by attaching limited equity riders. These co-ops would provide child/elder care & other neighborhood services. $15 million. *!LAND TRUSTS purchase vacant lots for ecolonies, removing them from speculative market. $15 million. *!PHILADELPHIA ORCHARD PROJECT (POP) to plant vacant lots for fruit and nut harvest. $10 million. *!FOOD PROCESSING & STORAGE CENTERS to convert neighborhood organic harvests into pasta, canned goods & dehydrated stock. Expands local agriculture by enabling farmers to grow for more than the seasonal market. $8 million.
*!FARMERS MARKETS to sell the above below commercial rates. $4 million. *!PROUD OF ORGANIC PHILADELPHIA (POOP) replaces toxic sewage sludge w/clean, sweet smelling fertilizer via aerated waterless toilets. No more pooping into clean water. $10 million. *!BIKEPATHS allow us to move safely without traffic jams & pollution. They permit emergency vehicles to move freely. $5 million. * REGIONAL & INDEPENDENT STOCK EXCHANGE (RISE) to connect regional skills & tools to create flexible manufacturing networks that capture contracts. $2 million. * FUND FOR ECOLOGICAL LIVING (FEL) makes taxdeductible donations to install green tools in lowest-income neighborhoods. $10 million. * LOCAL CURRENCY could donate community currency atcost to local government & nonprofits, enabling millions of dollars of services to be provided without raising taxes & without paying interest on bonds. HOURS would be welcome everywhere when government agrees to accept them for tax payment. $2 million. * DREAM-COME-TRUE GREEN JOB CENTERS to connect residents to the regional resources that make our wildest hopes real. $2 million. *!MOSAIC SIDEWALKS would spread wonder & color underfoot (local plants, animals, fantasies) employing dozens of local artists. $2 million. * MUSICIANS EVERYWHERE would provide acoustic accompaniment in hospitals, parks, aboard trollies, at bus stops. $3 million. *!JUGGLERS, CLOWNS, PUPPETEERS? how could I leave them out? $2 million. *!NEIGHBORHOOD ENTERPRISE SCHOOLTEACHERS (NESTS) to reward and credential neighbor adults for teaching neighbor children. $5 million. * Together, these will allow us to relax in a beautiful, exciting community, raising the standard of living while lowering the cost of living & setting examples for the nation. * How would you spend lottery winnings? If you win, call me- let's have some real fun. By taking power we fulfill this list without the lottery. _______________________________________________
FEDERAL BUDGET:
THE PEOPLE’S STIMULUS
Here’s a sample budget for spending $300 billion over 5 years. That’s 2% of current federal budget. Not a handout to bankers but a stimulus for grassroots enterprise. (in billions) .05 Green Labor Administration (GLAD) coordinates, compiles, researches, reports staff: 250 employees @$20K/yr x 5yrs= $25M office/supplies: web: $250,000 .75 Americash: National HOUR money staff: 100 employees @ $20K/yr x 5 yrs= $10M networkers: 2,000 employees @ $20K/yr x 5 yrs= $200M printing: $100K marketing: $500,000 1.20 community currencies (1,290) & directories $500K/yr x 40 large cities x 5yrs= $20M; $250K/yr x 100 midlarge cities x 5yrs=$25M; $100K/yr x 500 small cities x 5yrs=$50M; $50K/yr x 500 rural x5yrs=$25M networkers: 9,000 @ @$20K/yr x 5yrs=$900M printing cash: $20M printing directories (& replacing trees): $5M x5yrs=$25M web: (link w/Americash): $250K 1 regional stock exchanges largest 50 MSAs x $2M=$100M; next 100 largest MSAs x $1.5M=$150M; next 500 largest MSAs x $1M=$500M; 500 rural x $500K=$250M