Here in Maine one trucker took several of his logging trucks, parked them in front of the state house in Augusta and told his dealer to repossess as he no longer could make payments. They are trying to get the governor to lower many of the road taxes, gas taxes etc. My thought is that if they lower that, they will only raise other taxes. The real answer would be to reduce govt. and govt. spending, but what do I know?
I feel fortunate as I have seen hard times and I live in a good place (if there is any GOOD place) to survive. We are hunters and fishermen and quite familiar with the northern areas around Moosehead Lake. Have a popup camper and are very used to roughing it for extended periods in that area. I would chance drinking from fast moving streams in an emergency as my husband has done it many times. We also know the sites of many natural springs. We keep several cans of gas for our farm equipment-rotating it to keep it fresh so am sure we would have the fuel to get to some remote spot. My real concern is for my extended family who is nowhere near as self-sufficient as hubby and I.
As I’ve said a couple of times, I do envy those of us who are fortunate enough to live away from heavily urbanized areas — your ‘survival’ needs are significant, but without a couple of extra layers of complexity that us city folks face....
As in — when/if the trucking industry collapses, y’all will have to deal with shortages and making-do, while we will have to do that and try to keep out of the way of ‘civil unrest’ (AKA food riots) and undependable civil services (police, fire, utilities, etc).....