Comments on: Time was when rich folks were fat and rural http://archive.mises.org/4454/time-was-when-rich-folks-were-fat-and-rural/ Proceeding Ever More Boldly Against Evil Sat, 18 May 2013 19:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Tony Flood http://archive.mises.org/4454/time-was-when-rich-folks-were-fat-and-rural/comment-page-1/#comment-30059 Tony Flood Wed, 21 Dec 2005 06:54:25 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/archives/004454.asp#comment-30059 Which recorded performance, Jeff? The latest with Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón?

Your top 10 CD picks (LRC 12/21) were a pleasure to read.

]]> By: billwald http://archive.mises.org/4454/time-was-when-rich-folks-were-fat-and-rural/comment-page-1/#comment-30057 billwald Wed, 21 Dec 2005 06:43:21 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/archives/004454.asp#comment-30057 Most farmers like the work, not the money. Most are probably netting $5/hour for their time and half of that is subsidy from city folk.

]]> By: jeffrey http://archive.mises.org/4454/time-was-when-rich-folks-were-fat-and-rural/comment-page-1/#comment-29609 jeffrey Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:53:29 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/archives/004454.asp#comment-29609 oh yes, Tom, and I also remember that the after-opera drinks that night were something like $35 each. You have to go to the country for a cheap drink today!

]]> By: Tom Woods http://archive.mises.org/4454/time-was-when-rich-folks-were-fat-and-rural/comment-page-1/#comment-29594 Tom Woods Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:42:03 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/archives/004454.asp#comment-29594 One of my vivid memories of graduate school involves attending a performance of La Traviata with Jeff Tucker. Jeff was so excited by and impressed with the performance, and so sad that so few Americans were interested in opera, that he exclaimed to me, “Opera is for the masses!”

]]>