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Your donation will help support DC Public Banking Center's community events, outreach materials, and technical assistance -- all essential as we move forward. Working as volunteers ourselves with limited overhead, we will make every dollar stretch far.
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Sign the petition
Let the DC Council and Mayor know you support establishing a DC public bank to invest in our economy and create jobs, affordable housing, and small businesses, and provide an alternative to Wall Street banks. Help build a better city for us all by signing the petition and ask your friends to sign.Add signaturePETITION IN SUPPORT OF A DC PUBLIC BANK
We, the undersigned, call on the Mayor and the City Council to create a public bank for the District of Columbia that would:
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Require our tax dollars be deposited in the DC Public Bank and not put at risk by private Wall Street banks making speculative investments
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Make loans in partnership with local lenders to support DC businesses and create jobs for DC residents
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Reduce the city’s borrowing costs for public investments that improve our quality of life
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Help build an environmentally sustainable DC
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Lend funds for affordable housing
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Establish lending priorities based on regular input from DC residents
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