Many people have asked us to quantify how Not One Damn Dime Day went. So we did. First the survey results, then our suggestion for Not One Damn Dime Tax Day, on April 15 (please send out this email to everynioe you know!)
We conducted a survey of NODD participants via Bentley College in Waltham Massachusetts. The first set of results are directly from the survey respondents. Then we extrapolate (estimate) how those results apply nationwide. More details are available at http://www.notonedamndime.com/boycott/Survey_Count.asp#counts including the survey methodology and links to the survey instrument.
* The 1276 respondents reported their total normal spending for that day would have been $59,729, or $46.81 on average; their reported actual spending total was $8,035.16, or $6.30 on average.
* The total amount withheld (normal minus actual) was $51,693.84, or $40.51 on average.
* The total number to whom respondents passed along info about NotOneDamnDime was 27,170 or on average 21.3 people, and the total number of folks they personally knew who participated was 45,899, or an average of 36 people.
* 63.5% found out about the NODD protest by e-mail and e-mail is the way 56.9% of them in turn told others about NODD, twice the percentage who told others in a face to face conversation.
*** Extrapolated results: (Extrapolations are estimates based on the limited information from the survey results above. These are the best estimates of NODD participation available. Contact Jesse Gordon for methodology.)
* 200 million to 210 million emails were sent about NODD (based on survey ratios and TV/radio estimates).
* That translates to about 40-45 million different people who heard about it by email. (based on survey’s average number of email receipts)
* 30-35 million heard about it on TV/radio/newspaper (based on our summing of viewership/listenership",1]
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people have asked us to quantify how Not One Damn Dime Day went. So we
did. First the survey results, then our suggestion for Not One Damn
Dime Tax Day, on April 15 (please send out this email to everynioe you
know!)
* With substantial overlap between those two groups, the total number of individuals who heard about the boycott is about 50-55 million. (1 in 5 Americans, which jives with anecdotal evidence).
* We estimate a participation rate of about 4% by those who heard about it (based on participation commitment rate on this website).
* Therefore we estimate a total participation nationwide of about 2 million people.
* The economic impact was a total delayed spending of $81 million (based on total participation multipled by survey of average decreased spending).
*** On April 15th, please join us in an effort to stop the growing national debt that threatens our country's future and security on national and international levels.
Here's the 'Not One Damn Dime Day Part Two' email. Please read it, share it with as many people as possible and join us on tax day, April 15th, for a virtual march on Washington as tens of millions of us speak our piece to those who represent us, and tell them, 'Not One Damn Dime For Fiscal Insanity.'
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NOT ONE DAMN DIME DAY - PART II
DEMAND RESPONSIBLE SPENDING ON TAX DAY
Because the people in Washington continue to mortgage America's future with tax cuts and deficit spending, because corporate America and the corporate press continue to hide their heads in the sand about it, Tax Day, April 15th, 2005 is Not One Damn Dime Tax Day across America.
On Not One Damn Dime Tax Day, email the people who represent you in Washington. Tell them to stop playing fast and loose with the economy. Sit down at the computer and speak up. Take part in a virtual march on Washington by emailing both of your Senators, as well as your Representative.
Tell them you're mad as hell about their fiscal insanity. Tell them cutting taxes and going deeper into debt than this nation has ever gone is no way to run America. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more in national debt.'
Tell them to do right by the American people, and the issues they care about, like education and health care. Tell them they are not elected by the corporations and corporate lobbyists who are lining the halls of congress (and lining your representatives' pockets) looking to reduce their tax obligations one minute, and increase government subsidies to their industries the next. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more in corporate tax breaks.'
Tell them that more spending on an unnecessary war in Iraq is throwing good money after bad, and threatens our national security. Tell them to support our troops by bringing them home now. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more for military adventures.'
Tell them people across America, red and blue, agree: It's unfair to saddle future generations of Americans with trillions of dollars in principal and interest for programs and pork Washington wants, but won't pay for, today. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more in pork.'
Tell them that, with the Euro breathing down America's neck, with foreign banks getting nervous about the size of America's debt, they owe America tough decisions and real solutions more than they owe their corporate buddies another favor. Email them on April 15th. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime!'
Just three little emails. Send them anytime between 12:01 AM and 11:59 PM on April 15th. (You can find the appropriate addresses and sample messages at http://www.notonedamndime.com .)
On April 15th, 2005, write your Senators and your Representative. Tell them you don't want them to borrow one damn dime more; that they have no right to put your children and grandchildren's names on their IOUs. Tell them to stop porking around and get America's fiscal act together. Now.
Please share this as an email with as many people as possible, and please express your opinion at www.NotOneDamnDime.com .
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We encourage you to forward this newsletter to your friends, family, and colleagues. Please sign up at www.NotOneDamnDime.com to receive further updates or to register your support and voice your opinion.
We plan to send a periodic newsletter to Not One Damn Dime supporters.
If you do not want to receive future newsletters, please reply with 'Remove' as the subject line.
-- Jesse Alan Gordon
Jesse@NotOneDamnDime.com
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Not One Damn Dime Day
1770 Mass Ave. #630
Cambridge MA 02140
newsletter@NotOneDamnDime.com
Tel. (617) 320-6989
http://www.NotOneDamnDime.com
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We conducted a survey of NODD participants via Bentley College in Waltham Massachusetts. The first set of results are directly from the survey respondents. Then we extrapolate (estimate) how those results apply nationwide. More details are available at http://www.notonedamndime.com
* The 1276 respondents reported their total normal spending for that day would have been $59,729, or $46.81 on average; their reported actual spending total was $8,035.16, or $6.30 on average.
* The total amount withheld (normal minus actual) was $51,693.84, or $40.51 on average.
* The total number to whom respondents passed along info about NotOneDamnDime was 27,170 or on average 21.3 people, and the total number of folks they personally knew who participated was 45,899, or an average of 36 people.
* 63.5% found out about the NODD protest by e-mail and e-mail is the way 56.9% of them in turn told others about NODD, twice the percentage who told others in a face to face conversation.
*** Extrapolated results: (Extrapolations are estimates based on the limited information from the survey results above. These are the best estimates of NODD participation available. Contact Jesse Gordon for methodology.)
* 200 million to 210 million emails were sent about NODD (based on survey ratios and TV/radio estimates).
* That translates to about 40-45 million different people who heard about it by email. (based on survey’s average number of email receipts)
* 30-35 million heard about it on TV/radio/newspaper (based on our summing of viewership/listenership
We conducted a survey of NODD participants via Bentley
College in Waltham Massachusetts. The first set of results are directly
from the survey respondents. Then we extrapolate (estimate) how those
results apply nationwide. More details are available at http://www.notonedamndime.com
* The 1276 respondents reported their total normal spending for that day would have been $59,729, or $46.81 on average; their reported actual spending total was $8,035.16, or $6.30 on average.
* The total amount withheld (normal minus actual) was $51,693.84, or $40.51 on average.
* The total number to whom respondents passed along info about NotOneDamnDime was 27,170 or on average 21.3 people, and the total number of folks they personally knew who participated was 45,899, or an average of 36 people.
* 63.5% found out about the NODD protest by e-mail and e-mail is the way 56.9% of them in turn told others about NODD, twice the percentage who told others in a face to face conversation.
*** Extrapolated results: (Extrapolations are estimates based on the limited information from the survey results above. These are the best estimates of NODD participation available. Contact Jesse Gordon for methodology.)
* 200 million to 210 million emails were sent about NODD (based on survey ratios and TV/radio estimates).
* That translates to about 40-45 million different people who heard about it by email. (based on survey’s average number of email receipts)
* 30-35 million heard about it on TV/radio/newspaper (based on our summing of viewership/listenership
* With substantial overlap between those two groups, the total number of individuals who heard about the boycott is about 50-55 million. (1 in 5 Americans, which jives with anecdotal evidence).
* We estimate a participation rate of about 4% by those who heard about it (based on participation commitment rate on this website).
* Therefore we estimate a total participation nationwide of about 2 million people.
* The economic impact was a total delayed spending of $81 million (based on total participation multipled by survey of average decreased spending).
*** On April 15th, please join us in an effort to stop the growing national debt that threatens our country's future and security on national and international levels.
Here's the 'Not One Damn Dime Day Part Two' email. Please read it, share it with as many people as possible and join us on tax day, April 15th, for a virtual march on Washington as tens of millions of us speak our piece to those who represent us, and tell them, 'Not One Damn Dime For Fiscal Insanity.'
******************************
NOT ONE DAMN DIME DAY - PART II
DEMAND RESPONSIBLE SPENDING ON TAX DAY
Because the people in Washington continue to mortgage America's future with tax cuts and deficit spending, because corporate America and the corporate press continue to hide their heads in the sand about it, Tax Day, April 15th, 2005 is Not One Damn Dime Tax Day across America.
On Not One Damn Dime Tax Day, email the people who represent you in Washington. Tell them to stop playing fast and loose with the economy. Sit down at the computer and speak up. Take part in a virtual march on Washington by emailing both of your Senators, as well as your Representative.
Tell them you're mad as hell about their fiscal insanity. Tell them cutting taxes and going deeper into debt than this nation has ever gone is no way to run America. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more in national debt.'
Tell them to do right by the American people, and the issues they care about, like education and health care. Tell them they are not elected by the corporations and corporate lobbyists who are lining the halls of congress (and lining your representatives' pockets) looking to reduce their tax obligations one minute, and increase government subsidies to their industries the next. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more in corporate tax breaks.'
Tell them that more spending on an unnecessary war in Iraq is throwing good money after bad, and threatens our national security. Tell them to support our troops by bringing them home now. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more for military adventures.'
Tell them people across America, red and blue, agree: It's unfair to saddle future generations of Americans with trillions of dollars in principal and interest for programs and pork Washington wants, but won't pay for, today. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more in pork.'
Tell them that, with the Euro breathing down America's neck, with foreign banks getting nervous about the size of America's debt, they owe America tough decisions and real solutions more than they owe their corporate buddies another favor. Email them on April 15th. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime!'
Just three little emails. Send them anytime between 12:01 AM and 11:59 PM on April 15th. (You can find the appropriate addresses and sample messages at http://www.notonedamndime.com .)
On April 15th, 2005, write your Senators and your Representative. Tell them you don't want them to borrow one damn dime more; that they have no right to put your children and grandchildren's names on their IOUs. Tell them to stop porking around and get America's fiscal act together. Now.
Please share this as an email with as many people as possible, and please express your opinion at www.NotOneDamnDime.com .
******************************
About this message
******************************
We encourage you to forward this newsletter to your friends, family, and colleagues. Please sign up at www.NotOneDamnDime.com to receive further updates or to register your support and voice your opinion.
We plan to send a periodic newsletter to Not One Damn Dime supporters.
If you do not want to receive future newsletters, please reply with 'Remove' as the subject line.
-- Jesse Alan Gordon
Jesse@NotOneDamnDime.com
******************************
Not One Damn Dime Day
1770 Mass Ave. #630
Cambridge MA 02140
newsletter@NotOneDamnDime.com
Tel. (617) 320-6989
http://www.NotOneDamnDime.com
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