Posted last week that a guy who runs another site said that TPTB will allow us Christmas and then SHTF. He was told by "The smartest guys in the room". I don't know if it's true, but we got money out of the bank and stocked up on canned goods, rice, and dried beans, just in case. My husband and I have stocked up for things that have not happened in the past but the food gets eaten. It's not a waste because one of these times, the shit might really hit the fan. Back i the 1960's, he was a Boy Scout and I was a Girl Scout - we're prepared.