[Deathstar 80]

I confess that I am not prepared for the coming economic collapse. I live within 10 to 15 miles of the biggest terrorist targets in the country. If Islamo-fascists nuke the Washington Monument, I will not need to worry about an economic collapse.

Wages here are high but eventually our government will be forced to slash spending and services when it runs out of money and people refuse to loan it more money. When that happens, DC and the areas around it will no longer be a safe refuge from the economic disaster that will impact the rest of the nation first.

The best way to deal with an economic collapse is to avoid it by educating yourself, your friends, and your family. No country in history has managed to tax, spend, and borrow its way to prosperity. Reward politicians who promise to cut spending and slash the size of government and try to keep those promises once they are elected. If you voted for Obama in 2008, remedial history classes would be time and money well spent. Show that you have learned from your mistakes in 2012.

:Thumbs: Cutting spending to decrease our national debt honestly isn't an issue based on political parties. It's what our country truly needs to do.

Hoot Gibson, could you answer my first question? Would you happen to know what life might be like during the economic collapse? I've heard a lot of different things. I've heard that we will have to resort to bartering, finding our own food and water instead of depending on any local stores, providing our own shelter, providing for our own protection, etc. In other words, I've heard that it's going to be bad enough to force everyone to be completely self-reliable. Do you think this is true? Currently, I'm trying to research on past countries that have experienced economic collapses, such as the Weimar Republic, the USSR, and even Great Britain when it's currency dropped around the year of 1992 ("Black Wednesday").

I'm pretty sure that Glenn Beck warned about these four things that will occur during the economic collapse:
1) Inflation.
2) Higher interest rates.
3) Higher food prices.
4) Higher energy prices.

Here's a video you might want to watch. I encourage you to watch at least from the 0:00 minute-mark to the 3:46 minute-mark.



I'm personally downloading videos from the internet that can explain how we got into the economic collapse and how to fix our country's national debt problem. I'm also trying to research how to hunt for food, to filter water, and about the different plants in my area and how they can possibly be used for medicine. I'm still concerned with a few problems, though. Please feel free to reply to anything that I post here as well as to share any advice that you might have.

When the economic collapse occurs, I plan to encourage my local churches to unite together into a strictly non-political organization in order to unite the community. From this organization, we will be able to inform others of what has happened to our country, what they should do, discourage violent riots, and even create a volunteer program that helps the community. I'm hoping that this will keep our community calm and united.

About food, I'm still unsure of how to hunt for more food. Fishing is a possibility as well as hunting for food. Hopefully, someone in our community can give me some advice on this. I'm also trying to find out the different edible plants in my area. For those of you who are storing food, don't lose your food due to improper storage. Ensure everything is stored and sealed correctly.

About water, I've learned how to make a water filter. I've also learned to boil the water as well. I probably won't have any trouble trying to get clean water. Although, I've heard that this type of water isn't exactly the "best-tasting water".

About shelter, I'm hoping that the churches in my area will provide at least a temporary shelter for those who might lose their homes during the economic collapse. I'm also making sure that my house has been paid for and that I'm completely out of debt.

About electricity, I'm hoping that I will still have electricity, but I'm also preparing as if I won't have electricity. Thankfully, I have some board games and a few deck of cards that can help pass time and ease stress.

About medicine, I'm trying to research about the different plants in my area and how they could possibly help with some health problems. Honestly, this is something that concerns me because I'm assuming that there are at least a few people in my area that use medicine for possibly even life-threatening health problems. The best idea I can think of is to hopefully try to find some plants that might help with symptoms as well as having a volunteer group to try to take care of them the best they can. I'm hoping that they have stocked up on their medicine to where it won't be a concern for quite a while, though.

About protection, this is something that also concerns me. I really don't know whether or not there will be looters or violent riots in my area. Just in case, I'm hoping that when I unite the churches and, as a result, unite the community that there won't be any violence in my area. If there is, then maybe the churches can come together and discuss on how to deal with violence. One thing that I've thought of that does concern me quite a bit is that when our economy does collapse, those who are addicted to drugs might not have enough money to buy any more drugs. Therefore, they will be forced to either steal the drugs (meaning that they might become violent) or to experience withdrawal from the drug (which is very uncomfortable and might encourage violence). I personally encourage everyone reading this post that if you're addicted to something (which includes cigarettes or caffeine in pop), it's best to experience the withdrawal now before you're forced to experience the withdrawal during the stressful economic collapse. And I know that I'm probably going to be laughed at for mentioning this, but I honestly think that socialists and communists encourage violent protests. I've personally researched this myself and I found out that at least communists have participated in violent riots in the past. Therefore, don't be surprised if there's a group of people in your area that's trying to create chaos. I honestly don't know how to deal with people like that, but hopefully I might think of an idea in the future. Or at least we can discuss about it when the community comes together.


It's also good to have what I think survivalists call a "bug-out bag". This bag will contain needed goods for any survival situation, such as it might contain food, water, any of your medicine, a first-aid kit, a knife, some rope, a fire starter, etc. The reason to have a bug-out bag is because if there's an emergency situation and you need to leave immediately, you'll just have to pick up the bug-out bag and leave. This strategy will give you needed supplies while also allowing you to run from danger in almost an instant. You can put your bug-out bag beside your door so that you won't waste any time while escaping. You can also have multiple bug-out bags, such as one in your house, another in your car, one bug-out bag for each person in your family, etc.

Here's a website if you want to look at it: http://www.captaindaves.com/guide/
Just to warn all of you, I think the website above might talk about some mature content a few times and might cuss. It's been a long time since I read from it, but I think I remember some comments about mature content and some cussing.