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Does this girl carry a spare tire and a jack? She'll tempt fate into giving her a flat!
I often point out to people that we all (or the vast majority) prep for little emergencies - a spare tire, a first aid kit, an extra shirt, etc. I just want to be prepared for something worse, because if we read the news, we know it's possible.
I disagree with you in a minor way.

You say "if we read the news, we know it's possible."

I say it's not just possible, but almost inevitable.
 
I disagree with you in a minor way.

You say "if we read the news, we know it's possible."

I say it's not just possible, but almost inevitable.
What percent chance would you consider to rank as "almost inevitable," rather than simply "possible"?
 
Kevin,

I would go much higher. More like 98%.

The car example is perfect. If you do not replace the tires (IOW form a new gov't?), the tires will eventually wear out & fail.

There is the push and the pull. The push is the extra $1trillion/year in new debt (talk more about that later). The Pull is the $22.2 trillion current national debt, but if you add the local/state/future unavoidable debt, we're closer to $100 trillion. That level of debt is hard to imagine. All US mortgages are $10T, so this debt is 10x times all mortgages combined. It is about $300k per person (from newborn to 100 year olds).

The push is even worse. We start with a near-impossible debt level. But we're being worse than stupid & jacking it up every year. The extra $1 trillion is just the national debt, far more is added state/local plus long-term debt pensions.

There are only a few ways to address this. The 2% likelihood is if our gov't (and our people) get serious and stop spending and start attacking this debt. Possible? yes. 2% possible. The other scenarios make up the 98%. Economic collapse. Massive devaluation of the dollar (slow or fast). Gov't failure/takeover (revolution?). Currency replacement (basically devaluation). Other forms of major War. You may consider some of those as better than others. But 98% it will end badly.
 
Kevin,

I would go much higher. More like 98%.

The car example is perfect. If you do not replace the tires (IOW form a new gov't?), the tires will eventually wear out & fail.

There is the push and the pull. The push is the extra $1trillion/year in new debt (talk more about that later). The Pull is the $22.2 trillion current national debt, but if you add the local/state/future unavoidable debt, we're closer to $100 trillion. That level of debt is hard to imagine. All US mortgages are $10T, so this debt is 10x times all mortgages combined. It is about $300k per person (from newborn to 100 year olds).

The push is even worse. We start with a near-impossible debt level. But we're being worse than stupid & jacking it up every year. The extra $1 trillion is just the national debt, far more is added state/local plus long-term debt pensions.

There are only a few ways to address this. The 2% likelihood is if our gov't (and our people) get serious and stop spending and start attacking this debt. Possible? yes. 2% possible. The other scenarios make up the 98%. Economic collapse. Massive devaluation of the dollar (slow or fast). Gov't failure/takeover (revolution?). Currency replacement (basically devaluation). Other forms of major War. You may consider some of those as better than others. But 98% it will end badly.
I agree with you, and there are points relevant to what you said that I would add.

In history, every fiat currency has collapsed.

Also, I'm sure you've known short-sighted people who always have to live beyond their means. Eventually, they declare bankruptcy. It happens to corporations as well.

That's what I see our country doing....living beyond it's means.

We keep exporting our debt, but what happens when the paper comes due? What happens if foreign countries get disgusted with our arrogance and decide that they don't want to buy any more?

I feel like it's only a matter of time.

Venezuela, Russia, and Zimbabwe have had currency collapse.

Zimbabwe actually had a 15 trillion dollar note that might have been enough to buy a beer in a dive bar. These bank notes have since become valuable collectors items....especially to sophisticated preppers.
 
You re not alone. . . It took my hunny awhile to see the benefits too. I first started introducing when I put in a garden. Money saved on food bill. Money savings speaks volumes with men. . . tell me if I am wrong guys and its not only mine? Then it was gradually building a stockpile for hurricane season. While doing that and having to rely on those preps, he is fully on board now and has done more than I would have ever expected to 'help'. The additions of a well was our biggest thing but then he also installed a house generator that runs off a 500 gallon propane tank. Little bit by little bit. . . you just gotta nudge in the right direction.
 
You re not alone. . . It took my hunny awhile to see the benefits too. I first started introducing when I put in a garden. Money saved on food bill. Money savings speaks volumes with men. . . tell me if I am wrong guys and its not only mine? Then it was gradually building a stockpile for hurricane season. While doing that and having to rely on those preps, he is fully on board now and has done more than I would have ever expected to 'help'. The additions of a well was our biggest thing but then he also installed a house generator that runs off a 500 gallon propane tank. Little bit by little bit. . . you just gotta nudge in the right direction.
Yeah, this is the way you have to do it.
 
pity you got it all wrong!:p
Lol, yet I agree! Our math system makes no sense. Metric is way more efficient. As far as driving on the right side of the road, I don’t see any advantages for or against it, but we were behaving like a bad child and had to do it our own way.... now, for all the weird sayings you guys have, well let’s just say there’s a lot lost in translation. Having a fag has completely different meanings to our cultures!
 
Well, maybe with the support from all of you, I don't need my husband's. Though the financing comes through him. Lol
I would start with the garden to save money on your food bill first, then play in with the tornadoes you guys get there. If you had a storm shelter or root cellar would be a great place to put your 'preps'. Of course my first was to stock pile the food and water. Learn how to preserve your garden goods that require no refrigeration t you don't already know, a few different options there. Then was the paper goods and hygiene items, just so convenient not to have to make a run into town to get whatever you are out of or low on. . . Plant the seeds so to speak. . . He may eventually come around. I am sure he does some kind of prepping and does not even realize it.. . . Jumper cables and oil in car, extra gas can in the garage for when he needs to refill the lawnmower. . . Little things here that could be considered a prsp. You just got to build on it a little at a time.
 

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