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[quote user="MichaelSol"] While I remain puzzled as to why it is so important to a couple of you to "prove" that Homesteaders got "land grants" and that this somehow makes Homesteaders complicit in "something" -- not even sure what -- but apparently comparable to what railroads received, I fail to see what the comparison accomplishes for you -- particularly when it compels you to rewrite the historical record to achieve it. [/quote] If I may recap.... 1.  Someone posted the usual tripe about farmers getting all sorts of subsidies (which of course has nothing to do with railroad monopolistic pricing practices, unless farm subsidies are intended to reciprocate for such gouging!) 2.  I asked if farmers had gotten land grants like the railroads did. 3.  The usual suspects all bit, saying that yes indeed farmers got land grants via the Homestead Act. 4.  Michael and myself then refuted this absurb claim, as lands deeded via the Homestead Act have absolutely nothing in common with the railroad land grants. 5.  The usual suspects then filibustered and obfuscated ad nauseum, taking their standard position far out on the branch of suspect credibility. 6.  Well, here we are on page 9 or 10 of this thread, and as usual the topic in question ("don't blame the Railroads" - don't blame them for what?  Differential pricing?  Favoring overseas importers to the detriment of domestic producers?  H*** yes, they are to blame!) gets lost in a sea of history revision by the oligarchy apologists. There, now ya'll are caught up. V dude, pass the Cheesy Poofs!
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