Show Me the Money ; Part II

In yesterday's post I wrote that people would be ill-advised to stuff their mattresses with cash in order to protect its value. Today , I provide a like to and article which shows the definite interconnectedness between politics , liberty , and economics.

As the article shows , the safest place to put your present money , given an out-of-control central bank and failing economy is in things of real value , like a home, or any other tangible good that will aid you in living when the time comes that your cash has been devalued to the point where it has more value as firewood than as a currency. When that time comes you may be very glad that you stuffed your mattress with cash ; not because you now have a ready supply of cash you can use to buy things with , but because you at least have filling for your mattress to make your bed more comfortable.

When it comes down to it , when your cash is worthless , when it takes a wheelbarrow full of dollars just to buy a slice of bread , when the wheelbarrow you use to carry the dollars in is more valuable than the sum total of all the dollars in it , you have to ask yourself ,"How will I survive? Where should I put my money now so that when that time comes I will not starve to death , or freeze to death in the streets when I am made homeless?" Well , how will you? And should you?

In my opinion , while cash has the value it does , you should be paying off your houses , paying off your credit cards , storing a supply of food and water , investing in a power generating system (solar and wind generated) , learning to grow and preserve your own food , have a wood burning stove , and the like. When the cash you earn , or have stored in your mattresses , falls in value such that you can't buy food , or pay your mortgage , or pay your electric bill , you will need to be able to live without cash. You will have to live without it. If you have a place to live , food to eat , water to drink , produce your own energy , grow your own food , etc. then the fact that the dollar is worthless and the most basic goods are priced in the trillions of dollars won't make a difference to your very survival.

Will you be able to live in luxury? Probably not. But , you will be able to live!

Is all this gloom-and-doom nothing more than an alarmist fantasy? The cogitations of a conspiracy theorist nutjob? Can it really happen? Well , my friends , it has already happened ; and , it happened to a people who didn't see it coming ; who didn't believe it was possible. But , it did come , and it was possible , and it was devastating. We are on the same road to devastation...believe it or not.