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Yep, it's hard for sure...

Submitted by Tonya on May 14, 2008 - 12:09.

> The whole structure of the economy is designed for people to work for wages and then buy what they need--and that design turns out to favor the wealthy. The poor and middle-class get a higher standard of living, and the rich get richer.<<

This is right on target. My partner and I run a design and communications studio on very little, wiped out all our debt, use only cash to buy and purchased land for homesteading -- a goal we're slowly working toward and hope to be entrenched in within 5-8 years. But it's been a long, rough road and it's easy to see how even the most well-intentioned people would say forget it and give up.

The movie "Off the Map" is a great depiction of how the simplicity and freedom of that kind of life really is achingly attractive.

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