Barter Society Emerges In Greece As Crisis Deepens *Video*

SHTF Plan ^ | 10-29-2011 | Mac Slav0

[1rudeboy]

LOL barter LOL Greece LOLOL

Omg, can someone actually travel just once to the country he is describing? LOLOL

[Nonsense Unlimited]

Somebody’s waking up. Good for them.

[Soothesayer9]

tax free FTW!

Looks like mammy and pappy will have to steal their welfare goods on their own without the assistance of Big Gov.

[ronnie raygun]

Shame how a great society can be destroyed by this cancer. We are looking in the mirror at our future if we fail to right the wrong.

[kingu]

Actually, while the bartering is a great backup, the viewpoints of the article are completely in error. Greece’s problem isn’t the economy - world or local - it is the gross looting of the treasury by the people of Greece - public employees, politicians, and average citizens. I can find no modern record of Greece ever running a budget surplus, and while the percentage of borrowing vs GDP would be lower if the world economy was stronger, it would only be a delay to the crisis, not an aversion.

And even today, with all the draconian taxes and the vague cuts in public employee costs, it will take Greece a mere three years to return to the ‘crisis’ point that we’re at today. This is assuming that they’re able to collect the taxes - which this article indicates they won’t be able to - and that there’s no significant increase in the costs to the public treasury, which is naive and dishonest.

[Travis McGee]

Mechanic, Engine Repair

Welding

Blacksmithing

Firearms Repair, Ammo Reloading

Construction

Architect, Home Reinforcement

Agriculture, Farming Expertise, Seed Saving, Animal Care

Bee Keeping

Doctor, Medical Assistant

Veterinarian

Well Construction, Water Table Expertise

Engineer, Community Planning, Manufacturing, Electrical

Firearms Proficiency, Security, Self Defense Planning

Martial Arts Training

(Can I add, “book writer?”)

[Soothesayer9]

Mechanic, Engine Repair

Have to admit, in a Road Warrior scenario, engine repair would come in quite handy, as would any kind of firearms repair.

[Freedom56v2]

bump for reading later

[arkady_renko]

Blam, you are such a kidder. They fixed all that Euro Mess last week, don't you remember? Nothing but rainbows and lolipops now.

[Freedom56v2]

bump for reading later

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks blam.

[DJ MacWoW]

James Madison

Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, 3rd Congress, 1st Session, page 170 (1794-01-10)
The Annals summarize speeches in the third person, with the actual text of Madison’s quote as follows:

“Mr. Madison wished to relieve the sufferers, but was afraid of establishing a dangerous precedent, which might hereafter be perverted to the countenance of purposes very different from those of charity. He acknowledged, for his own part, that he could not undertake to lay his finger on that article in the Federal Constitution which granted a right of Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.”

[Paladin2]

How about IED builder?

[blam]

Saving The Eurozone, Will it Work?

[FoxPro]

If a whole culture deludes themselves that they can live off the sweat of others, it will fall into poverty. It may take some time.

In the sweep of history, it actually happens to every culture, at some point and then a new culture emerges from the ashes.

It is just what is happening here and in Europe now. Cultures are always moving forward or backward, they never stand still.

It is just our turn.

[blam]

"(Can I add, “book writer?”) "

Definately:

PaperBack Writer

I'm going to add this one for me:

Handyman

(ahem)

[reefdiver]

bartering in western ny. beyond what any one knows

[Lurker]

Where have we heard this before?

I figure being able to whip up a couple of hundred gallons of high quality home brewed beer is going to make us very popular.

[blam]

"How about IED builder?"

Maybe.

See what Selco says:

A Survival Q & A: Living Through SHTF In The Middle Of A War Zone

I'm building a rig/jig to refill your little (1 Lb) Coleman propane bottles when you have to cook outside on your camper cooker...no electricity.
OH! You don't have a propane camper cooker. I've got one for trade.