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Default Re: Would you be prepared if everything went South tomorrow?
Old Dec 10th, 2008, 08:37 PM   #18 (permalink)

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Originally Posted by PEERless View Post
If the economy were to turn completely upside down, the only worthwhile currencies might be baked beans and bullets. Even cash (practically a treasury IOU) is worth less in a crisis than shelter, food, water, and safety.
Right! Hence my Maslow reference. Are those the markets we should be targeting as a contingency plan? There will always be renters, eaters, etc. (altho, I'm quite certain I don't want to become a farmer!!!!)

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