Posted by Eric SEI on May 04, 2008 at 19:25:59 from (72.49.231.73):
In Reply to: Re: Fuel rationing? posted by MarkB_MI on May 04, 2008 at 18:14:05:
What I have read is that part of the rational for rationing during WWII was that it made the home front part of the war effort. It also avoided some of the worst of the black markets by assuring that everybody got something of whatever was in short supply.
Of course, for people who lived on farms, on farm butchering meant meat coupons weren't important. If you had sorghum or honey or maple syrup then sugar coupons weren't so important. Farmers generally could trade either food or coupons to get what they needed (not counting machinery).
Farmers had priority for fuel. What would be the point in letting wheat rot in the fields to save fuel?
Now days, I'm sure the geniuses that created the mortgage mess would quickly devote themselves to figuring out how to make a fortune out of gaming the rationing system. They have no sense of guilt or responsibility.
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