No big purchases.
Guns, truck, tools are all used.
Constantly barter (traded silver and ammo for my last dog 😂).
Got a little BTC and take it and silver as payment for electrical work I do.
Always have cash for tipping etc.
I don't buy anyone anything.
I don't give gifts.
I don't like my family enough to give gifts (my best friend liked my shirt when I came to visit, does intentionally leaving it in the dryer for him meet your criteria?).
The stock market is full of shit and is gamed at 60/40 the people at the lower end.
They are playas too!
Jay Leno owns many garages full of classic cars. With the cars and his late night gig he is worth $353 million.
Jay Leno said he has never once invested in Wall Street. He said that is a game. He said that he invested his money in classic cars, they never lose their value.
I think it's a decent investment, but I also think the market is heavily inflated by boomer nostalgia and they are dying off. I'm gen-x, and while I share a lot of their enthusiasm, I don't have the nostalgia factor. Hard to believe future generations will care much for most of the vehicles from the 50s/60s/70s once that generation fades and mine doesn't have the cash to carry the market at current prices.
Jay's definitely discerning and diversified. Some of his cars will always be valuable. But the stuff that will be valuable in the future is also megabucks now.
I predict a bit of a crash in the market over the next few years. Things have gotten so inflated that I got out of the hobby because I couldn't afford to pay Duesenberg prices for Ford parts anymore just because they're old. Jay will probably be gone by then though.
SO Many are paycheck to paycheck or already broke, not participating is hardly an issue.
(My personal issue, I just received notice of a very large inheritance, but don't know if I will get it soon enough to be able to "protect it". The timing could cause us to lose a majority of it!)
I'm just gonna keep stacking silver and ammo. Some lucky kid is getting a treasure map of where I had that "boat accident" when I kick the bucket. I like being a child free uncle, I got no problem telling them which one is ahead and which ones I love less. Maybe they'll all piss me off before the end and I'll just let fate decide who finds a small fortune that can't be taxed 40%
Flip phones are coming back into Vogue. Only phone and no other Internet connection.
Stock up extra on groceries, especially meat, eggs and milk in September to juice the inflation number.
Buy from mom and pop stores.
No big purchases. Guns, truck, tools are all used. Constantly barter (traded silver and ammo for my last dog 😂). Got a little BTC and take it and silver as payment for electrical work I do. Always have cash for tipping etc. I don't buy anyone anything. I don't give gifts. I don't like my family enough to give gifts (my best friend liked my shirt when I came to visit, does intentionally leaving it in the dryer for him meet your criteria?).
I've been this way since before Obama.
buy GME
And continue to load up on ammo and those scary black guns....
I wonder if this is a WH article designed to emphasize how important the economy is, just before the market implodes.
Seriously, the market needs to crash in a huge way to wake up the remaining dipshits as to the evil of socialism/communism.
"DailyFail article says Biden will beat Trump based on the economy doing better."
WTF!?
Better than what? What kind of alternate reality do these Woke morons inhabit? In my world, the American economy is in Epic Suck Mode!
The stock market is full of shit and is gamed at 60/40 the people at the lower end.
They are playas too!
Jay Leno owns many garages full of classic cars. With the cars and his late night gig he is worth $353 million.
Jay Leno said he has never once invested in Wall Street. He said that is a game. He said that he invested his money in classic cars, they never lose their value.
That is true of many varieties of collectible items.
I'm still waiting for my beanie babies and pogs to shoot up like bitcoin... any day now.
I'm a fan of Leno and of classic cars.
I think it's a decent investment, but I also think the market is heavily inflated by boomer nostalgia and they are dying off. I'm gen-x, and while I share a lot of their enthusiasm, I don't have the nostalgia factor. Hard to believe future generations will care much for most of the vehicles from the 50s/60s/70s once that generation fades and mine doesn't have the cash to carry the market at current prices.
Jay's definitely discerning and diversified. Some of his cars will always be valuable. But the stuff that will be valuable in the future is also megabucks now.
I predict a bit of a crash in the market over the next few years. Things have gotten so inflated that I got out of the hobby because I couldn't afford to pay Duesenberg prices for Ford parts anymore just because they're old. Jay will probably be gone by then though.
It will be easy not buying anything, the economy is collapsing. The only thing keeping it up is the trillion they are pumping into it every 100 days
Doing my part. Holding off on purchases until something falls apart is normal. Irritates my stepmother to no end. Winning!
SO Many are paycheck to paycheck or already broke, not participating is hardly an issue.
(My personal issue, I just received notice of a very large inheritance, but don't know if I will get it soon enough to be able to "protect it". The timing could cause us to lose a majority of it!)
I'm just gonna keep stacking silver and ammo. Some lucky kid is getting a treasure map of where I had that "boat accident" when I kick the bucket. I like being a child free uncle, I got no problem telling them which one is ahead and which ones I love less. Maybe they'll all piss me off before the end and I'll just let fate decide who finds a small fortune that can't be taxed 40%
If I stop buying current items, then I’d have no gas and groceries. That’s about the only thing I spend money on nowadays.
Really, stop spending money? My friends and family have no choice in the matter we’re already THERE!
I dont respond to gaslighting. I dismiss it.