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Old 08-11-2008, 05:36 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Dan.Linehan View Post
Ideally, every dollar you spend should go to a good cause. If you are spending money on something and it's not a good cause, that's already an issue.

All my food dollars go to organic farmers. I don't send money to farmers who use pesticides. I don't send money to companies who cage and abuse animals.

All my personal care dollars go to organic, fair-trade soap makers.

All my web hosting dollars go to Dreamhost, an American owned and operated hosting company who only runs Linux and who is 100% carbon neutral and green.

There's no reason that every dollar you spend can't go to charity with a little mindfulness. This makes a lot more sense to me and seems a lot more authentic than giving away the majority of my income to people who will misuse it, then $50 a month to a charity to try to feel better about it.

Every dollar is a vote, not just some of them.
I appreciate your view, but I just don't think this is always possible, especially when one's income is limited, and the better options (if they exist) are more expensive.

Thank you, though.
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