[Obstinate]

Lost on the cut and paste:

The pack up the Constitution part is really just symbolic; it’ll never happen.

But if someone like Cruz called me and said that was his plan, I’d go in a heartbeat.

Going Galt here is something I absolutely would like to do, but the financial reality is I can’t.

What I can and will do is go off the grid when I retire. The plan is to be completely self sufficient.

[yorkiemom]

Going Galt here is something I absolutely would like to do, but the financial reality is I can’t.

What I can and will do is go off the grid when I retire. The plan is to be completely self sufficient.

Maybe eventually, maybe sooner than you think. We were on a 7 year plan to having enough $ to do the same. But have decided to take a chance and live how we will be happiest. NOW. We bought a rural property in a conservative area and will be transitioning there over the next few months (ie., after the house in Mexifornia is sold).

We'll keep our adjusted gross income around $20K, so we can pay close to no taxes to this fascist regime. A self-sufficient lifestyle is the plan - and that will require a lot of work while costing less than we live on now. On the other hand, since we don't want to outlive our savings, we will start a couple of part-time businesses - and the income from that can be put into a 401k off the top. So that will still keep our taxable low while replenishing what we spend from savings. But will still give us plenty of time to work the land, cut wood, etc. And the most important thing - enjoy God's beauty. And a couple of rentals will help with possible inflation/hyperinflation down the road.

Once you don't have kidlets at home, your options are wide open if you're willing to take a little risk. For us, staying in an invaded communist state is the bigger risk.