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To: TimF who wrote (3799)10/30/2006 4:26:28 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 10087
 
<<If receiving public land at a low price makes you a parasite if your "big" why wouldn't it make you a smaller parasite if your "small"?>>

My farm was sold to my great grandfather for one cent an acre. That was because he outfitted a platoon for the Mexican War. The platoon brought back Santa Anna's wooden leg as a trophy.



To: TimF who wrote (3799)10/30/2006 4:40:30 PM
From: JBTFD  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 10087
 
Size is relevant because the size being small precludes a monopolizing of the public trough. At least ideally.

I know parasites in the old days paid people to stake a claim for them and in that way accumulated big land holdings. That should have been illegal IMO. It circumvented the intent to spread the ownership over a larger amount of people.


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