The unthinkable, and Grandma Rogers: would we want to live like she did? (pros and cons of...

THE INTENTIONAL PEASANT

Unless the homestead is within downwind sniffing distance of a large city, generating enough cash income to pay the taxes (and those other expenses which refuse to go away) can be a genuine problem. Cities are where the money is--extracted in every case from the countryside, the perennial milk cow of the non-producer. In the past, one was able to scare up enough casual income to rub along on, content that food and shelter were all but guaranteed by the home place. The existence of a bank loan, however, laid a frightening dimension on top of a