The story attempts to ask the following question to the reader: Why even consider the effort to strive for the financial means for a lifestyle he already has?
Based on the perimeters of the USF scenario, below is the advice I would …show more content…
If they say yes, they could achieve this by lending the money to purchase the acquired property. If that failed, I would then go to local banks and ask them for a loan. These loans could either be in one payment up front, or in multiple payments to mirror those I had promised to the land owners. I would then ask the farmer to assemble as many of the hard-working, local farmers as possible to announce our plans. To start off, Ihe would ask them to temporarily work for lower wages. Once the production and sales got to a break-even point, their income would rise to be permanently higher than the current market rate, thus allowing them to live a better, more economically enriched …show more content…
This, in turn, is a very different proposal than the original investor’s plan to donate the money as charity to the townspeople and the farmer’s friends, which I believe would result in resentment in the long term.
I would like to conclude this business model with a Chinese Proverb, which is another short fishing anecdote: “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish you can feed him for a lifetime.” Why does the farmer have to be the one to take people fishing, when people can have the opportunity to go fishing on their own boats along with having a steady income for many