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In reply to the discussion: It might be a good time to have cash on hand. [View all]RobinA
(10,478 posts)78. I See Our Government
as a gigantic Jenga game. It's stable under normal conditions because it's huge and can survive a minor collapse here or there. But there a lot of pieces throughout that, removed, can crash the whole thing. So it looks way stronger than it is due to size. However, also due to size, remove the wrong piece and it will be unable to function.
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Also consider pulling cash and just holding it at home. Kind of like a boycott against banks. I know...
dutch777
Mar 2025
#30
Not much help where I live. Another run of hemmoragic fever has killed off the rabbits
Attilatheblond
Mar 2025
#20
Not sure I'd want to put cans of beans and lentils under my mattress... Remember the Princess and the Pea?
erronis
Mar 2025
#18
My dad born in 1919 and died in 1992. He did have concerns that one day you wouldn't be able to get your money out
twodogsbarking
Mar 2025
#21
My dad was born in 1925 and he never used a bank, didn't trust and kept his cash in a container under the kitchen sink
Deuxcents
Mar 2025
#39
Not the worst idea. We always have stable food reserves but pulling cash will also hit the national radar. Banks hate.
dutch777
Mar 2025
#29
Yeah, looking like a drug dealer probably a bad idea. But I want to buy an old truck for a cash discount is plausible
dutch777
Mar 2025
#64
Not to be Johnny Raincloud, but several world "leaders" have more nukes than sense. Having...
FailureToCommunicate
Mar 2025
#42
It might be a good time to own a firearm also. They have guns, so should we. The 2nd Amendment is for us too. nt
Hotler
Mar 2025
#44