<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Low Information Voter wrote</title><author_name>Low Information Voter (npub149…tzmp0)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.now/npub1494rtg3ygq4cqawymgs0q3mcj6hucvu4kmadv03s5ey2sg32df5shtzmp0</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.now</provider_url><html>I met a few times an elderly gentleman who had organised exactly this in rural Victoria and NSW during the 1989-1992 recession here in Australia.&#xA;&#xA;He was Calabrian, and possessed of a certain credibility that discouraged &#34;squirelly&#34; bidders.&#xA;&#xA;I didn&#39;t ask, but a mutual friend told me the elderly gentleman hadn&#39;t even charged the bankrupt farmers for this &#34;service&#34;. He apparently saw it as a public service, though I&#39;m sure he wouldn&#39;t be shy about turning up a decade later to call in the favour...</html></oembed>