Monday, October 13, 2008
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Can I get a soy topper on my tax increase?
Posted February 26th, 2008 by Steve Misetic
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A tax on bottled water? A proposed 10.5% sales tax in Cook County? When does it stop?
Mayor Daley has even been quoted as saying:
"I'm open to more innovative ideas on things to tax..."
Wouldn't it be cool if we could fund the Chicago Public Schools with something other than taxes?
Local businesses spend money to advertise. One day, all that money they spend will be with companies located in Silicon Valley. Our local economy will be devastated when all this money leaves the state and never comes back.
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Is your favorite non-profit struggling to make money?
Posted January 24th, 2008 by Steve Misetic
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T-shirts, chocolate bars, silent auctions, and bake sales.
We've all sold this stuff to raise money. The big problem is that as soon as it's over, you have to start thinking about what you're going to sell the next time around, and how you're going to hit up the exact same people again and again.
It's too much work. It's too hard. And non-profits go under ever day because of it.
But aren't your supporters more loyal to your non-profit than they are to a TV show, or Hollywood, or Google, or junk mail, or to the newspaper?
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Fund-raising Stinks!
Posted January 23rd, 2008 by Steve Misetic
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