Monday, November 26, 2012

The Lincolns as permissive parents, Part 2: Grassroots capitalism in Action.

These “Public Opinion Baths” didn’t go unnoticed by the Lincoln boys. They saw that people came from far and wide to visit their father, so [naturally?] the two boys charged each visitor a nickel for what they called an “admission fee.”

In the tradition of classic American can-do capitalism, Willie and Tad Lincoln found a need [more or less], and filled it!

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