tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post5245935310017648980..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Want Sustainable? Try a FamilyDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-74132173307941603512008-06-05T13:46:00.000-04:002008-06-05T13:46:00.000-04:00I think that family farms where the family lives o...I think that family farms where the family lives on the farm are generally excepted from this, but yes.Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-62709862092307477142008-06-05T13:43:00.000-04:002008-06-05T13:43:00.000-04:00And the value of the land doesn't matter as much i...<I>And the value of the land doesn't matter as much if its simply passed down from parents to children.</I><BR/><BR/>This presumes the absence of estate tax, which isn't a given. It comes back after 2010 unless Congress extends the Bush tax cuts.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03402788402018206599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-43222742846645871272008-06-05T11:59:00.000-04:002008-06-05T11:59:00.000-04:00I think that a more family oriented society would ...I think that a more family oriented society would be good for sustainibility on all sorts of levels. Take publicly traded corporations. There is constant pressure on CEO's to increase short term profit to appease investors and board members. In theory at least, family businesses should perform better long term since there is a motivation to keep the business viable for ones children, even if it means making less profit in the meantime.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787892622804373968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-48529085987499070652008-06-05T08:11:00.000-04:002008-06-05T08:11:00.000-04:00Great point. I wonder if people will ever learn th...Great point. I wonder if people will ever learn that government programs can never replace the family.Jennifer @ Conversion Diaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11894992378619176830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-78349741081683544742008-06-04T11:24:00.000-04:002008-06-04T11:24:00.000-04:00I just finished reading Barbara Kingsolver's Anima...I just finished reading Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle in which she chronicles her family's attempt to be locovare for a year by mostly growing their own food. It is a good read . She had her whole family involved, her husband and two daughters. One thing for sure, it was an enormous amount of work. But she makes a good point that we do all of these modern things to save time which we fritter away when we could be spending our time doing some authentic food raising,Jim Janknegthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971229049336038270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-2472686485022888822008-06-04T11:07:00.000-04:002008-06-04T11:07:00.000-04:00I want to call this Paul's Law: "If you want your...I want to call this Paul's Law: "If you want your values to survive into the future, there is no substitute for fertility."Sir Galen of Bristolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249011691189216258noreply@blogger.com