Things PLENTY Can Do For Your Business:

• Local currencies like the PLENTY keep money circulating within the community where it does the most good for you and your neighbors. We all know that supporting local business is a good idea. PLENTYs will make it easier to keep our local economy strong.

• Since local currencies are generated within a community, they help promote cooperation, bolster local commercial channels, and foster a sense of civic pride. Local currencies encourage the use of local materials, labor, and talents.

• A local currency places renewed emphasis on basic needs, which in turn promotes virtues like neighborliness, conviviality, frugality, and self-reliance.

• Accepting the PLENTY allows merchants to appeal to members of the community who are dollar-poor. Many of your neighbors will be bartering in PLENTYs, and will be more likely to shop where they can spend them.

• Local currencies promote fair wages in numerous ways without impacting negatively upon businesses. For instance, some employees may accept partial wages in PLENTYs, freeing up merchant dollars for inventories, utilities, and expansion. Workers must earn the Federally mandated wage minimum according to law. But additional compensation in PLENTYs (as "fringe benefits") are often not subject to withholding and in some cases are tax exempt (IRS Reg. [1322.01]§1.132.1). Local currencies allow employers to stretch their payrolls, and retain and reward valuable workers.

• Who knows how to manage local resources better than the people who rely upon them? Accepting the PLENTY will encourage environmental responsibility and good practices, and discourage over-extraction and pollution. Trading in PLENTYs strengthens the bonds between producers/providers and consumers by helping assure high quality and ecological sensitivity.

• Local currencies allow your reputation to work for you. Accepting the PLENTY demonstrates that you care about your community, our environment, and that you deal fairly with customers and employees.