{"id":8080,"date":"2013-12-14T14:26:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T04:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=8080"},"modified":"2024-07-04T06:42:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T20:42:00","slug":"we-vote-with-our-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=8080","title":{"rendered":"We Vote With Our Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eatlocalgrown.com\/gmo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/eatlocalgrown.com\/gmo<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WeVoteWithOurDollars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8081\" src=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WeVoteWithOurDollars-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"We Vote With Our Dollars\" width=\"1210\" height=\"1210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WeVoteWithOurDollars-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WeVoteWithOurDollars-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WeVoteWithOurDollars-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WeVoteWithOurDollars.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you vote at an election you get one choice every few years to vote between two groups following one basic agenda, to forward the aims of a select few at the expense of the majority &#8211; us.<br \/>\nEvery week you spend money. That is a vote too. You are voting to support further enslavement, environmental destruction and planet wide genocide. Or you are supporting someone battling against seemingly insurmountable odds to do their best to bring you the best, most wholesome produce they can to nourish your immediate and future health and well-being.<br \/>\nNext time you plan a shopping trip, keep that in mind.<br \/>\nNext time you open your wallet ask yourself,<br \/>\n&#8220;For whom am I voting?<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s the winner here?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eatlocalgrown.com\/gmo\">http:\/\/eatlocalgrown.com\/gmo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/eatlocalgrown.com\/gmo When you vote at an election you get one choice every few years to vote between two groups following one basic agenda, to forward the aims of a select few at the expense of the majority &#8211; us. Every week you spend money. That is a vote too. You are voting to support further &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=8080\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;We Vote With Our Dollars&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8080"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53722,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8080\/revisions\/53722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}