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  • From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] 4 years later ...
  • Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 10:50:17 -0800

At 12/2/2004, you wrote:
- - - I remember all too well the observation that :
"a wheelbarrow of (?currency?) ..." (in effect)
was required to buy a minimum of food .

One instance was Germany in the 20s when they were printing money as fast as possible to pay off France. At one point it took a wheel barrow to buy even minimal food. The wealthy hoarded hard and foreign currency but the people had no choice and suffered. It was one of the things that helped Hitler rise to power, he blamed it on the Jews.

Don Bowen
Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
Valley Center, CA http://www.braingarage.com






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