Alright GA community, I've heard it said in regards to Covid, jab mandates and general government overreach world wide, that things will get worse before they get better. To me, this comes across as a vague platitude that offers very little in the way of real help. It's already looking pretty grim in many parts of the world. Australia and New Zealand look to be experiencing the hardest treatment from their governments, but in other places many people are being forced by their jobs to get the jab or lose their job.
All that said, I want to challenge this community and ask: How specifically will things get worse? Who do you think will be most affected by things? How would one prepare? Do you have an opinion of what will be the turning point for things to get better? Open discussion, please share your thoughts and opinions. I don't want this to be a doomer thread. Just share what you think people could realistically expect to experience over the next few months or years. I'm genuinely interested to hear what you have to say. How bad will things get before they start getting better?
EDIT: Let's keep this based on Q posts as much as possible. I'm actually fairly new to Q and have watched a lot of the videos provided by the GA mods, but still researching a lot and learning from you all. I've been with the MAGA movement since 2016 back when The_Donald was on Reddit. I started coming over here to GA back in January after the 'Inauguration'. You all provided a lot of hope when it all seemed lost.
Who said it will worsen? There is no way to know but it doesn't hurt to be prepared!
Right now inflation is a big problem followed with vax mandates. Vax mandates we can push back on. Inflation is much harder to tackle as ordinary citizens. Especially if the FED is going to do nothing.
Stocking up on goods right now and buying on six month to yearly increments is ideal to counter inflation. Because lets face it who knows how much the price of milk will be six months from now?
Climbing out of debt is a good idea as well as making adjustments on withdrawal rate if you are retired so your retirement savings is not cratered.
Investing in physical gold and silver is wise if possible.
Be also thinking about diversification of skills and looking at job prospects that do not force vax mandates.
Be prepared. Don't assume the worst but also don't assume things improve by doing nothing.
How do you buy and store six months of milk? For me that's over 50 gallons.
Powdered Milk is easier to store long term.
Well... Nuts. Forgot about that. I can't drink much milk and having a family demand for it is new.
Thanks fren!
speaking of nuts ... dried nuts can be excellent. They're high fat high energy, store well... you can get big bags of them too. I like pecans and almonds
Canned milk you rehydrate with water. NOT carnation... real milk.
Buy it in size 10 cans. I buy it and use it all the time rather than purchase milk and it tastes great too.
I have a special pitcher that actually mixes it up and after I stick it in the fridge it is good to go.
It's called rotating my food storage.
I shudder to think.... But when I was growing up we had powdered milk. Mom used to mix it with canned milk and it wasn't terrible. Also there is "long-life" milk in boxes which have an un-refrigerated shelf life over a year.
Milk is the one thing I was thinking about tonight in grocery store ,,,I love milk ..ty for the tip long life ..never heard of it..powder milk I remember as a kid terrible ..canned milk better ...but I guess milk will be the least of our worries
Look for long life milk on the shelves, not in the dairy case. Powered milk mixed with canned milk, and chilled in the refrigerator really isn't that bad. Experiment with the ratio until you get what you like.
I keep powdered coconut milk because I find it more palatable. Almond milk, oat milk and rice milk are easy to make yourself if you're so inclined. Animal products in and of themselves are not the best for long term storage so for my family I tend to stock things like dried beans and grains, dried peppers for chile broth, nuts and seeds, oats, barley. If you don't know how to cook from scratch now is an excellent time to learn. I keep sourdough starter, ginger bug, kefir grains and a kombucha scoby in my fridge so I can make yogurt/kefir, homemade sodas, fermented tea and bread/pancakes at any point in the future on little notice for pennies. I keep a stash of flip top bottles and can brew my own beer as well. For me it's not just about not starving it's having the ability to keep my family healthy on cheap foods and knowing how to make old-fashioned bone broth and cultivated foods will do exactly that.
Ice cream, too. Some nice homemade ice cream, half cream half milk, goes great in the freezer if you've electricity.
Why get out of debt?
Because we don't know if everything actually is going to hell. If we knew absolutely everything was going to fail, it would be logical to max out every line of credit you have to buy long term preps. You have to weigh the probabilities. I'm betting I will have to pay for my one credit card eventually.
Hyperinflation will cut your debts for you :)
Not really. I don't expect my income to increase, but my expenses for groceries, gas, etc. will go up. That will make it harder to pay for any debt.
I'm willing to bet that if it got really bad, congress would pass a law allowing banks to recalculate what you owe to make up for inflation.
Lol .ty for lightening the mood