permaculture

[yarrow@sfo.com]

At 4:47 AM -0600 10/8/07, Scott Pittman wrote:
> Certainly institutions like the permaculture credit union should be
> preparing to advise their members on when and how to withdraw their
> "dollars" and put them into something a little more stable.  Stability, in
> my mind, wanders to horse drawn equipment, hand tools, fertile land, and on
> and on. If indeed we are on the edge of another big crash then it makes
> since to me that we should be investing in survival tools.  I also know that
> skills such as permaculture, and shoe making will become much more highly
> marketable and prized, won't that be nice.

Yeah, I agree land and tools and skills are good investments, but how 
do governments that request tax payments on real property fit into 
this scenario? Won't landowners need dollars to pay taxes so that 
they can continue to permacult?