the handmade economic stimulus plan

The talk now is all about stimulating the economy and there are plenty of arguments about what will, or will not, work in a recovery plan.  If you think I'm going to join in that fray, think again.  But I am putting in another plug for buying handmade or small volume products directly from the people who make them.  Here's why:  When you buy directly from people who personally create products, you immediately energize their economic base and you get something uncommon in return, something that has higher value by virtue of being rare. That translates into higher resale value.  It will cost about the same as a mass-produced product, but you don't have to feed a greedy globe spanning supply chain.