You've got it.
Wait until momma finds the stores empty and daddy hasn't anything to barter with.
The government will keep the printing presses producing more & more of the increasingly worthless paper money, while they toss trillions of it at the problems.
It will shore up the sandcastle for a bit, but then the sea will come and wash it away.
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE
Yup.
If there was no milk on store shelves for 3 days, things would change dramatically for the worse.
Criminals are one thing. A small percent of people don’t seem to want to live by the rules and probably never will. While they are a hassle, they can be dealt with.
But men and women who are fighting for the survival of themselves and their children are a totally different story. Desperate people are unpredictable. Desperate people are dangerous.