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[KNat <knat AT sprintmail.com>]

Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
> > Like many things in life good things too have a purchase price, and a cost.
> >     
> Some folks can use their assets, and savings to purchase such alifestyle; others 
> with less assets have to work so much >harder, make untold sacrifices etc. to 
> live simply on a small homestead.
>
> Hi Frank; I think this is where we would disagree. If living simply
> involves 'untold sacrifices', it isn't the lifestyle for that person.
> Simplicity ISN'T for everyone. Many people consider physical labor to be
> an unreasonable burden; why sweat if you can hire some one to do it for
> you? Why walk if you can drive (my neighbor in the McMansion drives to his
> mailbox). Not having the latest 'whatever' is deprevation to them. These
> people aren't suited to homesteading.
Thomas Elpel's Field Guide to Money _Direct Pointing to Real Wealth_ has 
some clear descriptions of the different value spectrum you two are 
using. Anyone on this list read it?

Kathyann