Try living off the land, with an 800 number, like Jerry Brown. He raised a ton of money, in a few weeks, from frustrated ordinary people. You could spotlight one state at a time. Plenty of nonunion liberals might send in a few bucks. I'd pledge, just as I do with public radio.
Nobody wants to pay for a business agent.
Stop the fatalism about the global economy. The more you complain about the global economy, the more you encourage people to give up. Second, look around Labor today. Mostly they threaten to move to the South. You can't get in company parking lots any more, thanks to a decision written by Clarence Thomas.