by Ellen Brown
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
webofdebt.com
February 16, 2011
It is time to declare economic sovereignty from the multinational banks that are responsible for much of our current economic crisis. Every year we ship over a billion dollars in Oregon taxpayer dollars to out-of-state and multinational banks in the form of deposits, only to see that money invested elsewhere. It’s time to put our money to work for Oregonians. — Bill Bradbury, former Oregon Senate President and Secretary of State
Responding to an unfilled need for credit for local government, local businesses and consumers, three states in the last month — Oregon, Washington and Maryland — have introduced bills for state-owned banks, joining Illinois, Virginia, Massachusetts and Hawaii.