Aug. 28 · Soft Secession
Who you are contacting
Your city council and/or your state legislators
What you are asking for
Ask your city council and/or your state legislators to charter a public bank.
The call to action as published on Aug. 28
Ask your city council and/or your state legislators to charter a public bank.
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Copy paste/mail a printed copy of this article to your city council and/or your state legislators to charter a public bank.
A public bank holds government deposits and lends them out for public purposes instead of parking them with Wall Street. North Dakota has had one since 1919. It has turned a profit every year since, and in 2024 it put $335 million into the state budget. It’s proven, and it pays for itself.
Other places are already doing this. California lets its cities and counties charter public banks. Philadelphia created a public financial authority in 2022. San Francisco is converting a city lending corporation into a bank by 2028. Bills are pending in New York and Washington.
Four ways to reach them:
Call both the district office and the capitol office.
Email through the contact form on their legislative page.
Mail a printed letter.
Show up at a town hall or district office and ask in person.
Find your state legislators here.
Cover these in your own words:
What you want: a publicly owned bank for your city or your state, and their vote for it.
Why it matters to you. Your mortgage, your small business loan, what your city can’t afford to build.
That a public bank brings in revenue rather than draining the budget, and North Dakota has proven it for a century.
That other states are already moving on this, and yours should not be last.
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