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Funny Money, Sharecropping, Gold and Silver, and Violation of Property Rights (Issue 136)

By Freedom Lady | December 23, 2008

I grew up in the Depression years of the thirties on a farm in Northeast Georgia. It was definitely very different times from what we experience today. In retrospect, I realize we had plenty of everything we needed except money, which was scarce.
 
The boundaries of the farm we lived on were adjoining to other relatives [...]

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Violations Of Universal Law (Issue 57)

By Freedom Lady | June 17, 2008

This morning when I flipped the switch on my bedside lamp and it didn’t come on, I started thinking about the things we take for granted. I never spend any time thinking about the eventuality of the light bulb burning out, I simply take for granted the light will always come on when I flip [...]

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Government Pickpocketing (Issue 50)

By Freedom Lady | May 16, 2008

I had not been to the grocery store in about two weeks. When I went yesterday, I was shocked to see such a rise in prices in such a short time. Never in my lifetime have I seen grocery  prices jump so rapidly. At the soup shelf, several others of my generation were just standing [...]

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With Dole Comes Control (Issue 46)

By Freedom Lady | April 29, 2008

During the entire year of 2007, we kept hearing predictions that 2008 would be a year of recession. Well dear hearts and gentle people, it’s here.
Yesterday I heard on the news that Alan Greenspan had declared we are in a recession.  That’s not idle chatter or hearsay. He is a very smart economist. If he [...]

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Food Rationing Has Begun (Issue 36)

By Freedom Lady | April 8, 2008

I woke up this morning to the most magnificent April day. The sun shined bright and so many things were in full bloom—from mountain laurel to azaleas. In my front yard, there is a pink dogwood alongside a white dogwood in full bloom…a remarkable sight.
 
Then I turned on the television news and heard the reporter [...]

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