And even further, prep individually as if you are going to be one of the few sole survivors.
I know that’s not likely to really happen, but every family needs to be as self-sufficient and independent as possible.
That includes learning skills that our grandparents had, such as growing your own food, putting it up, sewing, repairing things yourself, being armed and ready to defend yourself.
We as a whole culture, have become too dependent on the supply chains and live as if that’s never going to change. This virus is a wake up call for those paying attention, that NOTHING in this life is a given and what we’ve taken for granted for far too long, can evaporate in a heartbeat.
Many people cannot handle that.
Tax laws need to change. Stop punishing businesses for having cash reserves and inventory on hand.
“We as a whole culture, have become too dependent on the supply chains and live as if that’s never going to change. This virus is a wake up call for those paying attention, that NOTHING in this life is a given and what we’ve taken for granted for far too long, can evaporate in a heartbeat.”
Truer words have never been spoken. I wish I knew how to sew. My mom was a master seamstress.
She used to take me to Clothworld when I was a kid. I hated Clothworld, so boring! She would look through pattern books for hours, then buy what she needed to go home and make from scratch her own professional clothes, because she could not afford to buy them in the department store at the time.
The clothes that she made were amazing. She could have made a career at that.
My mom is an old and wise soul. She is my greatest treasure.
We also have a small business economy that runs on a shoestring. Businesses are living paycheck to paycheck like an 18 year old who just moved out on their own. Now some are folding after a single month of shutdown. Margins have become incredibly thin, as people obsess over saving a few dollars on made-in-China crap, or forcing family businesses to bid against illegal aliens and outsourced employees for their projects. It's impacting virtually every segment of our economy.