profit Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/profit/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sat, 28 Jan 2023 17:46:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 While You Shop, Do This https://smthingscount.com/2020/01/14/while-you-shop-do-this/ Tue, 14 Jan 2020 19:00:23 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8793 Use your immense power as a consumer. Ask where items you’re buying are made. Why? Activists to Retailers: Shoppers Need to Know Who’s Making the

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]]> Why Drug Prices are so High https://smthingscount.com/2019/10/18/why-drug-prices-are-so-high/ Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:53:43 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8496 A new drug enters the market with a 20-year monopoly before a generic version of it can be sold.  This is the time period in which the pharmaceutical company recoups

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]]> How this Church Stretched a Dollar and Saved Lives https://smthingscount.com/2019/07/09/how-this-church-stretched-a-dollar-and-saved-lives/ Tue, 09 Jul 2019 13:43:46 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8237 This Indiana church turned $1 contributions into $4 million. It stared with a Dollar Club–people giving a single dollar each quarter. The money helps foster

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]]> B of A = Bad guys of America https://smthingscount.com/2018/01/24/b-of-a-bad-guys-of-america/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:38:01 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6603 Yesterday’s post was on corporate generosity.  Today’s is on corporate greed–Bank of America’s. If you are a Bank of America customer who, like many people,

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]]> Lurking in your Phone…. https://smthingscount.com/2017/11/07/lurking-in-your-phone/ Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:43:14 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6377 This is about Androids, BUT it can apply to any phone. There are doppelgangers waiting to invade your phone. Those are apps that look like

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]]> Profitable Prisons https://smthingscount.com/2015/10/02/profitable-prisons/ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:33:50 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4179 Who has contributed in excess of $10 million in the last 16 years to politicians and spent almost $25 million to lobby for their interests?

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]]> Pay Up and Keep Paying https://smthingscount.com/2015/07/03/pay-up-and-keep-paying/ Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:23:05 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3912 Ever been tempted to get a payday loan?  It’s so easy…and so dangerous.  As Credo points out, “The dirty secret of the payday lending industry

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]]> Why that Rx Costs So Much https://smthingscount.com/2013/03/25/why-that-rx-costs-so-much/ Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:11:07 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1436 A new drug enters the market with a 20-year monopoly before a generic version of it can be sold.  This is the time period in which the pharmaceutical company recoups

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