The thing is, what is said in Stossel's statement (I didn't bother with Limbaugh) is historical fact. It is exaggerated, since they were starving mostly because they picked just about the worst ground possible in the area for farming, but when they switched from communal to private farming and land ownership production increased because of the reasons he gives.
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