Guns or butter, universal healthcare or executive benefits, corporate executive welfare or middle class welfare. Economics is very personal and affects us all.  We can all understand enough about the issues to write a letter to our elected representatives. 

Your letters to legislators are powerful - each letter represents about 20,000 citizens. Write one letter a week, one letter a month, one letter a year - don’t anguish over the topic, just write.

Through your purchases (or choosing not to purchase) you have more power than you think. Even “green” purchases are not always necessary.

By delaying immediate gratification, putting off most purchases by a day or week or more, you may find you can borrow, repair, find a better price, discover something made locally, find better quality or maybe even discover you don’t really need it.  This goes for services as well as physical items.