Hi Jay,
I would think that inexperience was the deciding factor in the failure of the plantation. 50% tax. really?
Have a good day in Bristow.
Best, Clint McKie
Clint - add up federal, state, local, property, sales, utility, phone, usage fees, yadda, yadda - what do you get? As to the rest, producers can't produce enough when some don't want to play.
Good morning Jay,
So many things a handful of politicians believe in that make life cumberson for the majority.
Make tourself a great day.
This is really good Jay. Collective Farming has never worked. It is only when people can produce and share in the profits of their efforts that enterprise works.
Ask the people from the Ukraine how they feel about Stalin and his collectivist farming demands way back Doug. They hate him to this day.
Just an early form of Socialism and exactly where we are headed. Too bad our leaders are too stupid to learn from history.
What you produce or provide to society no longer matters. Everyone should be rich and have all they need!
I don't think inexperience had much if anything to do with the failure. The fact that I can work and get 50 lbs of corn or I can not work and get 50 lbs of corn was the deciding factor.
Who died? The infirm, those prone to sickness? Don't think so, they weren't sent if they weren't healthy. I would bet the vast majority worked themselves to death (whether sickness or injury) while the survivors were the ones that produced little. Be careful telling me your anscestors came over on the Mayflower....maybe not that impressive?
I addressed that inability to learn in a previous post Than! It involved the Wizards of Wonderfully Smart!
A couple of the settlers were farmers, so that wasn't the issue. And they had Squanto showing them how to plant seeds with small fish for fertilizer. The Wampanoag tribe was friendly from the start. They failed because some saw they did not need to contribute in order to still receive their set portions. That would cause discord among any group.
Jay. If the past 5 years hasn't taught folks anything, they simply do not want to learn - anything.
What's so sad is, in the American system of representation, redistributionists can often hold a dangerous amount of power, like today.
The question for the speech tonight is, who's going to get the blame for the failure???
First, it isn't a speech tonight. It's a whine.
Remember how Reagan got the blame for everything until Bush came along? Now, it might be too late for Bush to be blamed now, but those Republicans are surely responsible for everything, including the "health" care problems! If only there were none of them!
People who believe what they hear instead of seeing what they see are the reason we are where we are. To call them "low information" is kind.
I didn't watch the 'whine fest' at all. I am sure he said everything is everyone else's fault.
The only thing I am sure he said was about having a pen and being willing to issue executive orders to stop the impass.
Thought that was the reason for two parties? So, both sides have a voice? Personally, I think the Reps are too big of wimps and deal too fast. The idiots actually think if they cave enough the MSM will report fairly.
Rush Limbaugh tells this story every Thanksgiving and covers it in his new Children's book.
I did not see it Than, but heard there was a huge disconnect with reality. Apparently everything is booming! And we don't want dictators with pens. He has already issued more Executive Orders than the last five presidents combined...
Gene - I remember it from one of his older books. But this is my story and I'm sticking with it!
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