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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] The Piggy Bank is empty, Wall Street reacts
  • Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 10:50:53 -0700


tvoivozhd---you don't come to eminent domain, it comes to you---in rural as well as city areas---clearly visible in property-taking electrical power lines walking across my neighbors' property, and in the current fight against gas transmission pipes intended to benefit Atlantic coastal areas, not Appalachian residents.

This is akin to stating the obvious: there are no certainties except death and taxes. Wise people weigh risks, make informed choices, move ahead. Fear steals movement.

Let me explain the change (the rapidly-accellerating change) from the African Veldt to today. In small-tribe societies, "investment" in land was more time-stable. Each tribe of about twenty individuals had to defend territory borders against land-hungry invaders or die. A simple task without complications'.

Whew! I will take today's conditions, thank you.

Investments, including land-investment are no longer time-stable.
Hidden undercurrents of risk lurk under the surface in an overpopulated world. You do the best you can to improve the odds and that's all you can do---plus maintain no illusions---hope your losses occur while you are young and mentally resilient enough to regain your footing.

So from your 83-year-old perspective, what would you do if you were starting over?






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