Sometimes I think it would be a good idea to stockpile luxury items for barter. Sugar. Coffee. Cigarettes. Chocolate. Booze...
I am stockpiling seeds. Bought some gold. Thinking of starting a 501c3 which will help some foreign government support their orphaned kids. Will take a large administrative fee from that. Start an S-Corp tha sells gray market chevy Volts. Put your money in there and take draws. Declare a loss at the end of the year. No one is buying Volts anymore?
Not bad idea!
Seeds too, except not sure how long they would still be viable.
Sure had hoped the USA would last longer than me. Would be a bitch to starve to death in the Land of milk and honey at 70.
“Sometimes I think it would be a good idea to stockpile luxury items for barter. Sugar. Coffee. Cigarettes. Chocolate. Booze...”
If the SHTF, then the Internet is gone, which means anyone who still owns books such as medical books, engineering books, how-to books, and encyclopedias will be King. The thing is, everyone has been ditching the books they already own and not buying new ones. Everything, and I do mean everything is online now. Think what that means if “online” evaporates.
If you really believe the SHTF, then stockpile books. And maps. Then surround your warehouse with machine guns.