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Political Motives Don't Matter - All Are Welcome!

Your political motives for helping improve air quality don't matter; you can save money by carpooling (even one day a week), biking, walking or taking transit to work.  We often hear people alleging this or that political agenda is responsible for the push to improve air quality.  The combinations of alleged agendas are almost endless and sometimes bewildering: liberal, progressive, conservative, neo -conservative, libertarian, green; it all depends on whom you ask.  All of that doesn't matter at the practical and local/regional level.  The fact is that you can save money and resources while you carpool, take transit, bike or walk to work.  If you are business oriented, the savings represent extra funds to invest back into your small or growing business or an extra parking space freed up for a customer.  If you are a non-profit the savings represent extra funds to go toward your core mission.  For the individual, the savings represent an extra investment to your retirement account, a pizza on the weekend, a movie a week, extra contribution to your child's 529 plan, or any number other alternative use of the money you save.  The bottom line is that helping the environment can help you (business, non-profit or individual) save money, and that savings can be applied to whatever your personal preferences (or "political agenda") leads you to.  Savings are for all comers, we need not quibble over political motives.