Before I would run out and buy gold/silver, I would make sure my house, car and bills are paid off.
If you have no bills you are truly a free man...
You ALWAYS have bills. Even when you’re house is paid off. You can cancel insurance if you want but you can’t cancel taxes. :-) Of course you could just camp out in a national forest or something I suppose.
“ If you have no bills you are truly a free man...”
You can accomplish this easily:
1. become homeless
2. Become a ward of the state
3. Go to prison
4. Die
normally yes, but in a SHTF meltdown I’d rather owe the bank money (which I don’t) than have them owe me my own money. “your” money in the bank isn’t yours. you didn’t deposit it for safe keeping, you loaned it to them. when the bank fails, you’re one of hundreds/thousands of creditors. get in line and good luck.