The Ten Percent Solution
Sitting in one of the Arizona election integrity groups to which I belong (in this case ACER) discussing fund-raising it occurs to me again the idea I have been meaning to bring up on Action Point as a solution to such problems: The Ten Percent Solution i.e. a 10% tithe.
Why not?
Churches traditionally count on an understood 10% contribution from members of church flocks as part of their "working capital", why wouldn't activists whose least contribution of their work is invested in furthering what I think could be called their "spiritual" mission--whether the intended outcome is environmental, legislative, economic--in the service of a greater good (think secular humanism if you must).
So, why not each of us tithe 10% of our incomes annually to those progressive issues, activist organizations or even sponsorship of talk shows (like mine, yes) blogs (like Bradblog.com. etc.) journalists (Greg Palast has an investigative fund from which his investigative staff is supported) et al. It's your money of course, but the concept has been working for mostly one institutional group so far, but it's at least one way to move progressive interests forward, at least until liberals shift their thinking from the traditional per-issue funding models that have failed us in the past.
Why not indeed.
Why not?
Churches traditionally count on an understood 10% contribution from members of church flocks as part of their "working capital", why wouldn't activists whose least contribution of their work is invested in furthering what I think could be called their "spiritual" mission--whether the intended outcome is environmental, legislative, economic--in the service of a greater good (think secular humanism if you must).
So, why not each of us tithe 10% of our incomes annually to those progressive issues, activist organizations or even sponsorship of talk shows (like mine, yes) blogs (like Bradblog.com. etc.) journalists (Greg Palast has an investigative fund from which his investigative staff is supported) et al. It's your money of course, but the concept has been working for mostly one institutional group so far, but it's at least one way to move progressive interests forward, at least until liberals shift their thinking from the traditional per-issue funding models that have failed us in the past.
Why not indeed.
posted by CLB at 7:50 PM
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