Food for thought. For all the knee-jerk lamenting about "globalism," this provides good perspective from the other side.
Hank
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To: County Agent Hank Kimball
Well, that’s definitely income inequality.
2 posted on
02/20/2016 9:42:02 PM PST by
TBP
(0bama lies, Granny dies.)
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
Were there any ski-lifts in Montana?
3 posted on
02/20/2016 9:43:53 PM PST by
Paladin2
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
As measured in today’s nearly- worthless toilet paper currency, perhaps.
4 posted on
02/20/2016 9:44:56 PM PST by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
All Rockefeller’s money couldn’t buy him an iPhone.
Or get him an MRI or a PET scan.
5 posted on
02/20/2016 9:47:04 PM PST by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
Except that John D. Rockefeller’s descendants will be living off his money practically forever, just like his grandchildren and great-grandchildren do now.
In today’s money JDR was worth almost $700 billion. Nobody alive now is even close.
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
"And no reggae." Sign me up for a trip in the wayback machine!
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
9 posted on
02/20/2016 9:53:35 PM PST by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
I am old enough to have lived without a lot of the comforts and conveniences he mentions. I personally don’t consider many of them to be necessities. I enjoy many of them but I could imagine living without them — again —even if I didn’t have Rockefeller’s fortune.
11 posted on
02/20/2016 10:10:14 PM PST by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: Blue Jays
I absolutely LOVE vacationing someplace with non-existent cellular coverage...and being able to honestly tell people that I will be absolutely unreachable for ten days. It is rejuvenating and wonderful.
12 posted on
02/20/2016 10:19:22 PM PST by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
Hi there guy making fun of flyover country. Love Love Love your screen name. It is so snarky it is funny. It bit you in the ass, as it did your GOPe brethren. Your tears taste like nectar.
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
Money is almost worthless today compared to then.
14 posted on
02/20/2016 10:54:00 PM PST by
stocksthatgoup
(Trump for me. I want to see Hillary, Bernie or any demoncrap crushed)
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
Under Obama, I AM LIVING like a 1916’s poor person, but I wasn’t that way before him.
I can’t even afford the price of a wooden barrel to wear when my pants wear out. Maybe I can borrow one of Michelle’s burqa dresses and make some clothes out of it.
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
Money vs. Technology. That’s comparing apples to elephants.
25 posted on
02/21/2016 2:05:25 AM PST by
bgill
(CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
The author is full of it. False comparisons to things that did not exist then. The very wealthy had every convenience available to them. As an example, Biltmore in N.C. Is a Vanderbilt estate. Gorgeous gardens, a two story library loaded with books on a wide range of subjects, stables with riding horses, the house itself spacious, with steam heat in winter, large windows with excellent cross ventilation in summer. Fresh foods from the garden and milk from your own dairy. All tended by an army of servants.
26 posted on
02/21/2016 2:55:27 AM PST by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
What was a dollar actually worth in 1916?
What is a dollar worth in 2016?
There is no comparison. One was worth something and the other worth nothing.
27 posted on
02/21/2016 3:02:38 AM PST by
DH
(Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
No bloggers, huh? I’m thinking.
Nah, I’m staying here. I can always use that invention called the ‘Off” button for Reggae and bloggers. :)
Good article.
28 posted on
02/21/2016 3:14:33 AM PST by
Larry Lucido
(I'll support Trump as a second choice, and I'll get on my knees and pray we don't get fooled again.)
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
One of the most asinine things I’ve ever read.
29 posted on
02/21/2016 4:11:32 AM PST by
raybbr
(That progressive bumpers sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
Thank God most coon-asses are a lot smarter than this.
30 posted on
02/21/2016 4:14:35 AM PST by
catfish1957
(I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
Hank, the money J.D.Rockefeller had was backed by GOLD, today the money we have is backed by nothing. Today's $$$ is worthless.
That said, I like today better. I am looking for 2 things thou: 1) A 1915 Pope Hartford auto (rare) and 2) 35,000 $1 bills backed by gold (so I could exchange it for gold)
31 posted on
02/21/2016 6:02:42 AM PST by
ExCTCitizen
(I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
But you miss the entire point of having wealth.
It's not the absolute comfort and convenience in your life. It's about power and status and how you rate as compared to the others in your time and place.
What did Jesus say about the rich man?
33 posted on
02/21/2016 7:35:31 AM PST by
chesley
(Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
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