My parents were raising two boys (my older brothers) during the depression, and besides the horror stories of poverty, I will always be amazed that they maintained their sense of humor. My dad was a farmhand and moved from job to job. They were better off than some. Dad had a team of horses, a wagon and a cow. And chickens. When they moved, they threw their few sticks of furniture in the wagon and tied the cow behind it. Dad tied the chickens’ feet together with binder twine and tossed them in the wagon. “We moved so many times one year that every time I hitched up the team, those chickens would lay down and cross their legs.”
—during those years half of the population (or more) were engaged in agriculture—making it a lot easier to assist on the farm for food, as did most of my relatives—
We don't know how to do without. We now require instant gratification. If that means killing someone so that I don't have to skip breakfast tomorrow -- well, what's more important than me??
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Those photos at the link could easily have been my mother’s family - they snared rabbits and planted spuds to survive, but never begged or complained.
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
When the depression comes along this time, the people who have leeched off the government their whole lives will continue to demand what they feel they are entitled too, and the government, if it is still around, will force people with plenty to give to those who don’t. If the government falls, these people will become bandits.
However, those of us who believe in working for a living, value-for-value relationships and business, and have respect for property rights will more than likely form communities similar to Galt’s Gulch in “Atlas Shrugged”.
The deciding factor will unfortunatly be Big Brother.
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We might have to start well armed ‘Conservative Communes’...can you imagine?
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The penny auctions were another way they helped each other.