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| When banks foreclosed on mortgages, neighbors would show up and bid a penny on each item. After winning, they would pay the penny and leave the items in the possession of the original owner. Outsiders who attempted to bid more than a penny had "problems" and soon stopped attending these auctions. |
Thank you good Sir! It is a fine tradition to carry on!
ReplyDeleteThat is pretty amazing. I struggle with things like that. I'm of two minds, and I haven't been able to reconcile the differences.
ReplyDeleteI remember a move like that. From the 30's. Seems a load of squatters setup on a farm, invited a lot of others to squat too. Setup their own little economy. I was cheering right along, until the farm was going to auction. Then it got ugly. They squatters strong-armed the bidders into not bidding. The squatters "won" it by force. Then at the glorious climax of the moview, they stole water to irrigate their crops. I was left with a very strange feeling about it. At first it seemed like a valid idea, then it became a gang engaged in outright theft. I suddenly realized it was communist propaganda.
I don't think everybody qualified for the Penny Auction benefit. Drunks, bullies, the lazy, and the stupid were probably allowed to fail.
DeleteThe farmers who showed up to help you harvest and brand and raise a new barn, the ones who worked all the daylight hours and were cheerful and had well behaved kids and a good wife, they were probably supported as much as possible.
Communities took care of their own... nuff said...
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