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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Nov 9, 2008, at 9:20 AM, Don Bowen wrote:

> > The thing I got out of that was a better place for your money is in  
> > communal
> goods.  In a later section he talks of career possibilities and  
> mentions a
> carpenter who puts money into hand tools.  He also mentions a  
> substitute for
> money is to help people as an outright gift and accept gifts in  
> return.

Much or all of those suggestions fit the homesteader plan. In the  
ideal homesteader's world, very little cash is needed. Thus, very  
little tax is paid, ideally none at all. Tools of large assortment,  
hardware items, seeds, real and perceived necessities such as clothes,  
bedding, toiletries and detergents, anything that the homestead cannot  
produce are all good places to spend cash. I personally think that too  
much emphasis is placed on barter goods such as ammunition, alcoholic  
beverages, gold and silver.