The New Economy in brief...   http://voteforjoe.com/

            The economy should be tremendously jacked down and simplified.

            We need to value social health above material wealth.

            Reinstitute much more ‘productive work’ around the vital areas of shelter, food, medical, energy, education and transportation.

            De-emphasize financial speculation (Wall Street) and other extraneous paper shuffling that doesn’t contribute much, if anything, to the necessary stuff of life.  (Many of these extraneous ‘paper shuffling jobs,’ and the like, have evolved in the last century.)

            Refocus on “craftsmanship” in local communities.

            See work as a vocation.

            Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Home Depot, etc., will be categorized as monopolies and broken up.

            Downtown revitalization, with a resurgence of small “Mom & Pop” shops will make a major comeback.

            Big city downtowns will be sectioned off and turned into sets of ‘small towns in the city.’

            Keep things small, with as much local production for local consumption as possible.

            Debt free stimulus to community based projects to revitalize Main Street market economies.  (Economies that support social and environmental balance.)

            National Banks should be viewed as monopolies and broken up as well.  And the branches should be sold to local investors.

            Money that has been used for Wall Street financial speculation must be redirected to productive, local, socially responsible investment.

            Another New Economy component will be a shift to a much more decentralized, organic agrarian based society.  (Mega-corporate farming would end – another monopoly – and there would be a return of the small family farm, en masse.

            More community sponsored agriculture projects and more local food co-ops.

            Shift from America being predominately a “Society of Consumers” to America becoming a “Society of Conservers.” In regard to a tremendously heightened sense of environmental consciousness.

            Move toward a ‘distributist’ orientation to maximize as much ownership as possible in business and real estate.  This is best displayed in business co-ops, farming co-ops, housing co-ops…

            In The New Economy, federal government shrinks and deficit spending goes away.

            Shift in college education that’s more streamlined, affordable and localized.

            Revamping of the “Social Security” paradigm.