[Grampa Dave]

Today even talk is not cheap! Conservatives must back those who help us to fight the good war! Become a regular monthly giver/steward to Free Republic!

[SamAdams76]

This is a no-brainer. It costs money to run this site. Too few of us are shouldering too much of the financial burden. Due to litigation, we cannot "go commercial" and charge a fee, or we will lose our "fair use" argument. Yet if Free Republic was able to charge a subscription fee, you can be sure that thousands of us would immediately subscribe to pay whatever the monthly charge would be.

So what the hell is stopping us now? We can voluntarily donate through this secure link. In about five minutes, you can set it up where you can have $5, $10, $20, whatever you can afford, taken from your debit card (or credit card) each month.

Over a year ago, I signed up for this service. I started out paying $10. Then I increased it to $20. Now I am increasing it to $25. You want to know something? I don't even notice the money. Sometimes I have to check my bank statement to make sure that the money is being taken out. I'm not a rich guy by any means. But $20 a month? I spend more than that getting pizza for the kids on a Friday night. I spent almost twice that much taking the family to the movies last week. In other words, this is chump change, even for a working-class guy like me.

I don't normally say inflammatory things like this but I am ashamed of my fellow Freepers, who visit this site every day like myself, who don't contribute to help keep Free Republic running. Do you show up at the shelters for free soup too? C'mon, don't be such a damn cheapskate. I don't care if it's only $5 a month, but sign up now! Like the person who started this thread said, even if 5,000 Freepers give just $5 a month, we will be able to cover our expenses. Anything extra can be used to grow the site and do some fun things every now and then. Think of the things we could do with a little extra money. We could hire a skywriter to write "Honk if you think Hillary is a selfish carpetbagger" over NYC. We could pay to have some of Registered great graphics plastered on billboards. We could have annual conventions and have a great time at minimal expense for ourselves. The sky is the limit when you have the funds. With the thousands upon thousands of people who visit and love this site giving just a few dollars a month, we will not only have the funds to grow the website but we will be able to move into other media and get even more exposure.

So please, if you aren't set up for a monthly contribution, please do so now. Even if it is just $5. It's not the amount that matters so long as everybody does their little part. Then you can ignore all these fund-raiser threads with a clean conscience. And when the day comes that Free Republic rivals the major media in influence, you can proudly say that you helped to build it.

[nimc]

Just a thought….
I suggest an asterisk to be placed automatically at the end of the users screen name to signify that that poster has committed to a certain amount of monthly support.

A green * asterisk for, say, $5+ a month, a blue * one for $10+ a month and a red * asterisk for $20 or more per month. The vanity potential alone will insure more than sufficient to meet the projected quarterly expenses.

[TheDon]

Count me in for 1 of the 5,000 Grampa Dave!

[LivFREEordie]

There are many days when I thank God for Free Republic - for the intellect (yeah, really!), the humor and the "I loved my country even before 9/11" spirit. God love all of you, it's been an honor and a privilege. Today I made my first contribution - there'll be more coming as long as there is a FREE REPUBLIC!!

[sweetliberty]

Who do I need to contact?

[Reagan is King]

I went in for the $15 a month donation the other day, but I'll still give on the pledge drives too.
I don't know how I'd blow all my free time if it wasn't for surfing FR every day. ;^)

[liberallarry]

I'll sign up for that...and I'm not even a conservative. You have my credit card number. If you need additional info just e-mail me.

Thanks for a great forum. Keep up the good work.

[KirkandBurke]

OK Gramps, Just did my $5 a month. Hope to increase it next time. Add a mark to the chalk board.

[Salvation]

BTTT!

[anymouse]

Bump to keep the FR Christmas lights on.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Win a $500 weapons training course, learn how by mashing this link

[Dengar01]

Well I already gave pretty much a yearly pledge last night, the lying disruptors causing amuck in the post convinced myself that I should donate more to FR than I had before. But that yearly pledge could just be a gift in my sense, I'll gladly give $15/month. For all the news and great times I have on this site, it is well worth it. And it would be unfair for Jim Rob and John Rob to pay all that money themselves, when we are addicted to FR and use it constantly.

[thefactor]

You are now looking at a monthly contributer! Feels good, too. So I'll have one less drink a month. Not a bad deal. The least I can say about this site is that I have made some good cyber-friends in all of you. Take care.

tf...

[The Mayor]

I'm here to stay and will do my part!

[PhiKapMom]

This time I donated on Day One of the campaign and put down a monthly contribution. Cannot feature living without Free Republic to get my news and make my remarks/posts! Also don't believe that President Bush would now be President without the help of Freepers during the last campaign that volunteered, got out the word, demonstrated and supported the Bush/Cheney Campaign!

Thanks to Jim Robinson for not kicking me off after all we posted that took up so much bandwidth before the election and then after with our Tax Cut Threads. LarryLied and I are about to start another chapter in the support of this Administration and against the obstructionist Senate RATS very soon!

Thanks to everyone's support of FR, we can continue to take on conservative causes and make a difference. Please donate whatever you can to FR and allow us to keep getting the truth out that the media doesn't want everyone to know!

[ICE-FLYER]

I am ashamed to say that today is the first time I have donated, but donate I did. I hope my $40 helps.

[blam]

Bump for the cause.

[Marine Inspector]

I started biweekly contrinutions yesterday.

Semper Fi FReepers,

Marine Inspector

[DoughtyOne]

$14 every two weeks would provide $70,000 a month, if 5,000 adopted the plan. That's one dollar a day. Come on folks, join the dollar a day plan. $14 every pay day isn't that bad. Go for it! Those than can, pay $2, $3 or more per day. It feels good to support your FreeRepublic.

[Tauzero]

In for 5/month.