Chase,

I am not sure just what you are asking, but I will say this if land was a dollar an acre, that dollar has always been hard to come by. Farming/ranching can be very profitable line of work if you have the land and knowledge of how to work it. Yes I did pass up some good buys on land, and yes I did make lots of money welding/steel work, it's just I didn't know better at the time. I worked for every dime I have and I have received nothing from the government that I haven't paid into. I will go a littlefarther and say the government hasn't helped me as much as it did people from other countries. They gave me no house, money, medical care, training or boat to make a living with. They did give me a draft notice though. Down here we pay a school tax so that wasn't even free.

GP