DRizzo2327 at aol.com
04-03-1996, 09:00 PM
In a message dated 96-03-27 19:44:34 EST, you write:
>What we really need
>is for big banks and city governments to look at funding these programs as a
>catalyst to eco. development. They would if they really wanted low and
>moderate income folks to do better for themselves and familiy.
>
>
So.......how long do we wait for them to become socially conscious? I argue
that we don't wait. We develop marketing tools and arguements and
demonstration programs that make them want to join because there's a buck to
be made in the long term. By combining the total developed purchasing power
of those people who get their start in micro-enterprise, can we not arrive at
a fairly substantial constituency? If not, are we fooling ourselves and our
benefactors?
Dennis Rizzo
NJ Disability Loan Fund, Inc.
DCRiz@aol.com
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>What we really need
>is for big banks and city governments to look at funding these programs as a
>catalyst to eco. development. They would if they really wanted low and
>moderate income folks to do better for themselves and familiy.
>
>
So.......how long do we wait for them to become socially conscious? I argue
that we don't wait. We develop marketing tools and arguements and
demonstration programs that make them want to join because there's a buck to
be made in the long term. By combining the total developed purchasing power
of those people who get their start in micro-enterprise, can we not arrive at
a fairly substantial constituency? If not, are we fooling ourselves and our
benefactors?
Dennis Rizzo
NJ Disability Loan Fund, Inc.
DCRiz@aol.com
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