Did they say why the government wants this info?....................
gimme a break!
isnt’ it obvious? It should be as obvious as a smack upside the head!
People who prepare will have more than food. They will have guns, ammo, silver, cash, medicine, seeds for planting gardens, clothing...all sorts of things.
When there is a power grab by a dictator, the biggest enemies of that dictator will be the people who are not at the dictators mercy...ie preppers. When the economy crashes, and the US dollar is worthless, you can bet your ass the government will try to confiscate as much as they can from those that prepared so that they will have something to give to the rioting masses. That will be their only hope for staying in power.