Posted on 03/24/2010 5:29:57 AM PDT by CharlotteVRWC
“Sage advice. Now we have to kill you”.
Will I get a State funeral?
So, to "get ahead," become a government functionary, or, to use the word they used in the USSR, an apparatchik.
The other option is to get out before they start using guns and minefields to keep people in.
Read Harry Dent’s book “The GReat Depression Ahead”
He has invetsment an dother ideas for how to ride out this generational demographic catastrophe - that has yet to crest -
and Dent didnt even factor in a thugocracy that would get democrats to ignore and override the Constitution to let one man take over the economy and merrily pass trillion+ dollar spending bills every 3-4 months of office
The Road to Serfdom, baby, live it, love it! The wonderful socialist/fascist dictatorship where everyone is a slave to the system except the dictator and his life and position is constantly at risk.
How did the Romans maintain the system? Praetorian guard was often foreigners and always well paid. :P
“Lead, brass”
Ha ha ha - bullets jumped into my mind quickly too. If they outlaw sales or tax the F out of them, they’re sure to fetch a nice price on the black market. Might have to hide them though.
Just realized the term “black market” is even more fitting now.
A tough question indeed. Children don’t know how to keep secrets. As a parent, You can’t even allow the kids to know that you have certain items in the house (Cigarettes, guns, info material) because they can be coaxed into telling anyone for any reason.
And keeping a secret from your kids has to be tough. It’s also important that THEY blend into their environment. They stand out, the parents are investigated. So you can’t teach them differently from their indoctrination (Daddy said dear leader is wrong!)
Very tough call.
Can you give an idea of what some of his major investment ideas in a depression are?
Can you give an idea of what some of his major investment ideas in a depression are?
Who gets the government special deals or is owned by family members of government officials?
Create anything of value that the masses want. The socialists will allow you to keep some and will confiscate what they can until you die...and then they’ll go after your estate.
bullets, beer, seeds
Two books come to mind: “Vampire Economy” by Gunther Reimann (1939),
From Vampire Economy:
*****
You have no idea how far State control goes and how
much power the Nazi representatives have over our work.
The worst of it is that they are so ignorant. In this respect
they certainly differ from the former Social-Democratic
officials. These Nazi radicals think of nothing except “distributing
the wealth.”
Some businessmen have even started studying Marxist
theories, so that they will have a better understanding of
the present economic system.
****
And, of course, you might find some tips for getting ahead in “Black Like Me,” by John Griffin, 1961.
My wife and I are looking into medical tourism and international health insurance plans. We have ties to the Philippines and have connections with the owners of a resort. In the past people would poo poo something like this, but how many times have you gone to a doctor and he was Asian or Indian? They are good doctors, they have some very high quality hospitals and they are cheap compared to USA. Would take a few years to organize, but it can be and will be done. Death Panels will begin in about 5 years if not sooner. Grandpa needs a new hip at 70, sorry not cost effective, Obamecare will give out morphine like candy, cheaper than a hip. (Also with the morphine grandpa will expire sooner) Grandpa can fly to Costa Rico, the Philippines or India and get the new hip and then come home and dump the morphine in the toliet and walk in a protest against death panels. Prices will go up as more people take advantage, but you can get recontructive knee surgery in China for $2000.00, By-pass surgery in India for about the same cost. Even if they went up 50% in price, they are still cheaper than USA and that will keep premiums down.
Frankly, I expect a hugh blackmarket to grow, if the Mafia ever wanted to make a come back, this is the time. Blackmarket tanning salons, anyone can own a booth, cars (VAT will kill car sales), cigarettes and cigars, that is already happening.
I see international health insurance and medical tourism as more honest and open. Cost less than your current premiums and you can go to Asia or the Caribbean for care.
Bump for later
Be careful buying land, the states are hurting for taxes in this Marxist economy.
I own a few acres in Illinois...old family farm acres...and the taxes just went up last year. I started paying in the 30 dollar range for these few acres years ago and in 2008 the taxes went to $48 for the year..reasonable, I thought.....last year they went up to 400 dollar range for the year. Quite a jump...huh?...I may have to sell the acres now....the taxes are just too much to hold on to Gr.Gr.Grandfather’s farm for sentimental reasons.
The $400 may not sound like much to most folks, but it is to someone on a tight budget.
In all seriousness, I’m having a hard time with child rearing right now. I want my child to be patriotic, but the things I say about the government right now are frightening for a child and too complicated for them to understand.
I see you’ve resigned yourself to the fact.
I hope there aren’t too many of your kind out there.
We lost a battle not, the war.
That is the goal of socialism; everyone must be or become either a criminal or a victim.
Spot On!!!
Surviving in Argentina should our MANDATORY blueprint on how to survive both an economic collapse and the after effects.
ferfal.blogspot.com
Life doesn’t end and it’s not the apocalypse but the lefties are right about evolution because life turns into the survival of the fittest very quickly under socialism.
Not in Detroit, buy a city block cheap and bulldoze it into farm land. Hell nobody lives there anymore.
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