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![[0094] Wealth And What To Do With It](http://www.sandraandwoo.com/comics/2009-09-14-[0094]-wealth-and-what-to-do-with-it.png "[0094] Wealth And What To Do With It")
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1 67 0 63 0 61 1 52 0The current story arc started with this strip: Bribe Money.
- Cloud: Wow, time seems to have stopped here 50 years ago. How do your grandparents get by?
- Sandra: Well, they sell a lot to first-class restaurants…
- Sandra: … but the farm and everything is rather a hobby for them. My great-great-grandfather made a fortune during the 20s on the New York Stock Exchange.
- Cloud: I guess only the rich can afford to be poor.
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My grandparents were tobacco farms who now live well below the means that they could afford so this one sorta hits home with me on that front.
Well, the rich ain’t so trich anymore. Thing is, they’re going below the 6th figure
if I was rich and would still get a steady income no matter what I would definitely buy a farm
Honestly, I’d rather be a Poor Farmer then Rich Bureaucrat, I don’t really know why. But it’s interesting to see what Sandra said. The 20s were right before the Crash, and Depression hit in and all that jazz (quite literally) happened. So to hear that someone prospered either before, or during, that time is quite interesting.
There were a small number of folks who didn’t bother investing heavily in stock or fluff during the roaring 20′s, and still had money after the crash. Many then invested heavily /after/ the crash, and were able to pick up previously-overinflated stock or property for a song and a tapdance. When the economy recovered during the stimulus years and then World War II, they in turn did /very/ well for themselves.
The irony in that last panel is killing me
“I guess only the rich can afford to be poor.”
Now that’s a quote I’m going to remember. Very nice.
Technicaly the farm i live on is classified as a “hobby farm”.
Funny and true!
The semi-paradox is much appreciated.
Language nitpick: Since it’s short for “1920s,” we’re supposed to put an apostrophe before “20s.”
Yes, food grown without any funky chemicals or genetic modifications is rich people’s food.
Greeeeeen Acres is the place for me…
Really really hits home for me. I just found out I would have to make twice my current salary in order to minimally qualify for a low income assisted housing loan. And I’ve worked for the city for over 5 years now…
Hehehe, money jokes.
Heh, it’s quite true! Most of what we think of as how peasants live is now quite unavailable to actual poor people. They’ve been relegated to the inner city haven’t they.
Now if this is some kind of anti-rich message about how the rich get unfairly good treatment, i’ve just got to point out that the rich get screwed and the poor get babied.. and the middle class have to pay for it. But I’m sure it’s nothing like that
Reminds me of an old joke. A farmer won the lottery, and was asked what he was going to do with the windfall. His reply was he guessed he’d just keep farming till it was all gone.
Wow.. deep; that quote is amazing.
It’s sort of like having to prove you don’t need money before you can get as loan.
(Aside from toxic mortgages, anyway.)
I agree with cloud.
there is a true statement if I ever heard one!
That last frame reminds me of an alarming quote about how one needs to retire a millionaire…and just buy cat food and nothing else in order to survive for the rest of their natural life.
I can kinda relate to this comic strip. My grandparents, who both are farmers and own a farm in Texas, suffered badly during the depression. My great-grandparents had to sell a lot of their stuff to make ends’ meet. Luckily, it ended in time before they had to sell their farm, completely. What’s ironic, is that despite how rich people tend to act towards my grandparents, they bear them no ill will. Because truthfully, they feel sorry for the rich.
Reason being? Because my grandparents are smart. They know that even though the rich, have all that money, they won’t ever truly be happy, because they will never understand what life is really about. And if they are happy, then more power to them.
Those who produce the food we buy are often the first to go hungry. Figure that one out.
now those are a few people i can respect..unlike alot of fancy boots millionaires i cant stand….but hey enough about MY views, Great comic still