My Grandpa planted acres and acres of trees during that time. He was later able to buy up huge tracts of land that he had previously planted. :)
However, it’s a New Day. The youth of today...and even the middle-agers are NOT going to go for some “scheme” where they actually have to perform some form of LABOR to earn rewards.
Good Lord. I can barely find a teen that will sweep the floor at my garden center without feeling that work is “demeaning” to him. *Rolleyes*
People are NOT going to buy into this. They want Pie. FREE pie. And they want it now. And hot from the oven, and there had better be whipped cream on top, d@mmit!
Then you should get the hell out of Wisconsin.
I see a lot of younger people working their asses off here in California...Yeah, some are out of work, but most of those I see working are working hard. Most here have already figured out, if ya got job, ya better keep it, understanding that this leadership has driven this economy into a tank, and they'd better hang on to what they have.
If the teens and young people in your area haven't figured this out by now, they never will.