Am I the only one who is terrified?

[bvar22]

107. In 2005, after another questionable and uncontested election,

....and after experiencing the nightmare in New Orleans immediately after Katrina,
my Wife & I (solid middle Working Class) cashed out everything,
paid the penalties,
sold everything else,
used the cash to pay off all debts,
and bought inexpensive, Bubble Proof property in The Woods of the rural South with an Ozark Mountain spring.
We live there now, as sustainably, green, independently, and simply as possible.
No Credit Cards, No Mortgage, No Debt

We grow a good percentage of our food (fruit, berries, and vegetables),
keep free range chickens,
and maintain two colonies of European Honey Bees.
If need be, there is plenty of Fish & Game in the adjacent National Forest.

We both have the good fortune to be in good health with strong backs,
and have the skills to make this fun (most of the time)
but it gets harder every year as we age. We won't be able to work this hard forever.
The Medicaid Expansion has relieved our greatest fear (if we make it to the 2014 with no problems).

We are not "survivalists".
We are just two old Hippies who have found a way to live simply but well on a very LOW taxable income, and stuff we learned in the 60s.



Good Luck to us all.