<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Micha Berger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:micha@aishdas.org" target="_blank">micha@aishdas.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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In the first two years they run out of money (47:14) buying food, and then<br>
sold their animals (v. 17) their land (v 20; except for the priests',<br>
v22) and even themselves (vv. 19, 23)to Pharoah for more (v 29). Then<br>
he allowed them to farm Par'oh's land and feed themselves (also Par'oh's<br>
property) and the animals used for farming from 80% of the crop. But the<br>
state owned all the means of production and everyone worked for the state.<br>
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That's not taxation<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>What was interesting to me this year is that during the 7 years or plenty, Yosef also taxed them at only 20% (and that was taxation). This means that the entire collected food for the 7 years of famine was 1 and 2/5ths (7/5) years worth of food. Even if the years of plenty were double the normal food intake, that still means that they only really had enough food for 3 years.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Kol Tuv,<br>Liron</div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Liron Kopinsky</div><div><a href="mailto:liron.kopinsky@gmail.com" target="_blank">liron.kopinsky@gmail.com</a></div></div>
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