Learning from the Amish
The Price of Liberty
by Paul Jacob
01/15/07
I don’t think I could do without certain modern conveniences, like the Amish do. I need my Blackberry. But we can still learn from the kind of self-sufficiency the Amish practice. Namely, their habit of doing entirely without government help of any kind. When somebody in the Amish community needs help, guess who helps them? That’s right, other Amish people. Voluntarily. But instead of applauding their independence, we seem to regard it as some kind of problem...
http://www.freeliberal.com/archives/002552.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Paul Jacob
01/15/07
I don’t think I could do without certain modern conveniences, like the Amish do. I need my Blackberry. But we can still learn from the kind of self-sufficiency the Amish practice. Namely, their habit of doing entirely without government help of any kind. When somebody in the Amish community needs help, guess who helps them? That’s right, other Amish people. Voluntarily. But instead of applauding their independence, we seem to regard it as some kind of problem...
http://www.freeliberal.com/archives/002552.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 15. Jan, 19:51
