Bartering: Off-Grid Living Without Money

Reader Contribution by Aur Beck and Advanced Energy Solutions Group
Published on February 21, 2020
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Living without money in today’s society is a challenge but can be satisfying. My dad didn’t like that his tax money was going to support wars (my dad said as part of our national budget the war costs were creeping up on 40%), so he figured that he wouldn’t earn more than the $6,500 a year, a point beyond which required him to pay federal taxes. In 2019, for example, the minimum for single filing status, if under age 65, is $12,200. I did see my dad’s social security statement, and all of the first 20 years of my life, he filed but didn’t have to pay any taxes due to earning less than the required amount to file. Somehow he convinced my mother, and later us kids, to join him on this voluntary vow of poverty.

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  • House/land. We traded house/land sitting in exchange for a place to stay. Now I rent out part of my home to cover all expenses, such as taxes and insurance, while some repairs I work exchange.
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