How’s this for mainstream evidence of what I’m talking about? What do you think? The words of a US Congressman speaking directly about what we’ve been discussing? While Ron Paul is a fringe political figure, this doesn’t make him wrong! I can’t say that every single plank in his platform is going to be something that I agree with but he is the closest thing to a “Good” politician that I’ve come across. Ponderous… I wonder if he would consider himself a DOOOMER??

 

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   So, I wish I could say that a good nights sleep had cured my pessimistic attitude. It hasn’t though, I’m still keyed up over this subject. In the comments section “JeSter” reminded me of something I had missed… Our petro resources, these too would be valuable on the world market. Their value will only be increasing as the predicted shortages begin to come to fruition in the coming years. I wonder if this might be the reason that the oil fields of Alaska haven’t been brought into production? Maybe they don’t even belong to us anymore? This would make more sense than the thin, “save the polar bears” excuse that we keep being fed like the children the government sees us as…

 

   Alright, since no one has sent me a rebutal, I’ll assume we all agree the train is soon to be leaving the tracks. Is there anything that we can do to stop it? Are we going to see a breakdown of society due to the coming economic changes that inflation will bring? Will our money be of any value at all?

 

   A dollar collapse could have a couple of outcomes, neither of them good for the majority of us. Worse case scenario, economically speaking, would be the dollar losing all of it’s value… This would require a new currency to take’ it’s place… Hard to prepare for that eventuality since we don’t know what the currency will be… Not good, I don’t have a lot of savings in cash but what I do have is all in US dollars… I think that the more likely course the dollar will take is a traditional inflationary unwinding of its value. Day one the dollar is worth “X” then throughout the day and certainly throughout the week it loses more and more of its buying power.

 

   If we look to history and even what’s happening currently in places like Argentina or Zimbabwe, we’ll see that inflation is a killer. The government will be running the presses ever more often to continue adding the requisite zeros to our bills that will come with the inflation. Plan accordingly…

 

   Yeah right, “Plan Accordingly” -- I was just seeing if you’re paying attention! How are we suppose to plan accordingly? Many of us have food stored and certainly the guns and ammo to field an army of friends and relatives but this enemy is different. Food storage will eventually run out and the need for guns and ammo won’t be what we initially squirreled them away for. We’ll be in a world that no longer looks the way it does now. That is, unless you have already lost your job and have begun living in your car. The rest of us, well maybe no so much us but certainly our extended families and those of co-workers will have come to look like a bad dream in comparison to today…

 

   Anyone care to comment on this situation? All I can say to you guys is the same thing I keep telling myself… Things have been bad before, even wars that nearly bankrupt the county… Why would this be the time we actually go under? I really try to stay positive and convince myself that we will weather this storm and see a bright blue sky in the morning but I’m having a hard time buying my own story… Is there going to be a blue sky?

 

   Possibly, the inflated dollars will make the situation look better if we see home prices rise due to the dollars lowered value, right. An increase in home values would be a good sign, wouldn’t it? I’m afraid not, unless we have this combined with the ability of buyers to qualify for new mortgages, how could this possibly help? So, let’s say unemployment went down at the same time the inflated dollars created the rebounding home prices… Maybe that would work -- maybe? How long could that situation make a difference? Once these magically re-employed workers bought these magically re-valued homes, they would still be hard pressed to purchase the rest of their needs with those same devalued dollars…

 

   Anyone feel my frustration? Is this current situation sustainable? Where do we go from here? Our savior -- Obama, has lost support faster than I would have ever believed possible… Other than the goof balls that are still wearing around their Obama election T-shirts, I can’t find anyone that will volunteer that they voted for him. One of my neighbors is a life long democrat and he is animate about the country needing to get “that guy” out of there…

 

   I think that we are rapidly approaching “Game Over”… Maybe not in a way that will have a permanent change but I think the changes that will be required are going to be painful! It has taken us many years of financial mismanagement to get to the point we find ourselves at now. We won’t be able to get this thing turned around quickly, if at all. The only thing that could happen quickly is the situation getting worse, that could happen at almost anytime…

 

   We are hanging on by a thread and the government has already printed how many trillions to keep us from sliding over the edge? The country is on life support and we have leaders that are way behind on their malpractice insurance payments. It doesn’t take much to guess what’s going on in their heads… “I don’t want to be around when the family finds out I killed the patient!” I think we should be watching the exits, I don’t think they will be able to squeeze much more profit from this country and when it’s gone, I bet they will be to. These politicians can’t be as stupid as they appear! They have to see the handwriting on the wall and so do we!

 

   Look at this situation honestly and evaluate where you are currently and where you want to be down the road. Can you still get there? Will our children ever have a chance to achieve the lifestyle we have enjoyed? These are important questions… What are the answers?

 

   I’m going to sleep on this issue again and see if I can come up with a plan for us DOOMERS to build the lifeboat we’ll all be needing. A life boat to get us from where we are now to a place of safety in our uncertain future… Stick with me and we’ll wrap this all up tomorrow…

 

   Prepper