--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Unlike the nutty currency idea, this is one that's actually > workable. > > > > > > Many non-profits contract with Visa or Mastercard to create their > own > > > credit card; members or sympathisers of the charity then apply > for > > said > > > card and a percentage of each purchase the cardholder makes using > the > > > card then goes to the charity. > > > > > > Seems like a natural for the TMO...why isn't it being done? Or > > perhaps > > > TM credit cards already do exist and I just don't know about it? > > > > > > > ********** > > > > The return to the sponsoring organization is tiny with these > affinity > > cards, and since there are few TMers, it would not be a significant > > source of revenue, and actually might hurt donations by making > people > > feel that they were supporting TM organizations by using their > affinity > > cards instead of making much more sizable donations to MUM, etc. > > >
> How about if I used the card to get cash advances and the only cash I > could get off the card was the Raaam? > ********* I think you betta start wearing a hat there in AZ -- what was it today, 120 in the shade? I cannot imagine any bank being willing to underwrite a deal like that. The Raam is accepted at a few local merchants in FF/VC and in Holland in order to humor rus, but it simply cannot be a convertible currency accepted widely, since it has no value except in imagination. But, since anything that can be imagined can happen, the Raam and other movement nonsense do have a certain symbolic value, as if holding out a carrot to the currently ignorant to encourage them to think about living life on the cosmic level: http://geocities.com/bbrigante/updates2007#silly
