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CALL IT RETIREMENT 2

Yesterday, we talked about how to fool the spouse into allowing you to take some of your own money to stockpile and prepare for the collapse, by perhaps not spooking her with doom and gloom but instead pretend it is all for retirement.  I know, you know, and Ross Perot knows that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme of insane magnitude, only surpassed by planning on the Oil Age lasting forever.  Social Security was a brilliant move by the crippled demon spawn FDR, the first step in driving a wedge between family members by granting seniors financial independence.  It broke up the three generational family which was the staple of the family farm.  The other attack on our culture was to start the Women’s Lib crap by putting women to work for the first time.  Both of these policies also started to demolish the old barter economy and forced everyone towards the central banker controlled Greenback Economy ( least you forget, the vicious anal spelunking FDR confiscated all our gold just days after being elected ). 

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Even if nobody can articulate their fears about Social Security ( the reason why old farts react so vigorously when youngsters show anger that they themselves while paying in at an increased rate will never receive any benefits is because those old bastards never understood how evil the system was and hence never took measures to survive without it.  Both fear, being financially destitute, and defensiveness at being a chump for supporting the welfare police state in its infancy, account for their illogical response to other generations resenting their “windfall” ), almost everyone that is working class or poor ( the 80-90% who are the peasants rather than the Oppressor Class ) will agree with you when you proclaim absolutely zero confidence that the retirement system will be around when you are ready to retire.  Everyone agrees that SS is just another screw job by the federals, a tax in all but name.  They still HOPE to get it, even while having no replacement due to shrinking wages and fears of inflation, but they know the pain will hit them sooner or later with only the timing an unknown. 

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So how hard would it be to convince people that what you are doing is for retirement?  Even if some argue with you, almost all will understand it.  Your spouse included.  So the first thing you should do is shut up about Armageddon.  No one wants to hear that.  You aren’t doing them any favors, because they have enough stress in their lives as it is, and you aren’t doing yourself any favors by letting folks know of your deep larder.  I used to try to “help” people by trying to convince them that the end was nigh.  I quite that after awhile, and just stockpiled paperback copies of Lucifer’s Hammer and Howard Ruff’s early work.  When a friend or coworker expressed further interest in survivalism during routine daily conversations, I gifted them a copy of each book.  At the time the thrift stores had plenty of copies and my cost was usually fifty cents to a dollar.  It was a cheap and safe way to “pay it forward”.  It wasn’t until I hit about fifty that I realized, hey, why am I killing myself trying to explain to the spouse what I am doing?  I’m getting to be old myself.  I’ll just pretend this is all for retirement!

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Now, obviously, nobody has ten guns and five thousand rounds of ammunition for retirement.  Unless they know you shoot regularly, you can’t really explain that one away.  But, if they know you shoot every month for recreation, you can explain stockpiling in terms of inflation and election year generated shortages.  Remember, you are trying to hide most of your stuff from both friends AND family.  The idea was to get a budget, not to approve each separate item.  You could go to the range and shoot just ten rounds, once a month, and if you make a production out of it nobody will question your case buying ( they think you were shooting a lot more ).  About everything else can be explained by retirement rather than a hobby.  You need extra food because of inflation, shortages, and the coming problem with having much cash ( as retirement funds are cut back and inflation hits ).  Rotating will explain why you are buying six month shelf life food twenty years before retirement, and no explanation will be needed for thirty year shelf life stuff, as long as you eat it now.

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And you don’t even need to be all that old to sell this illusion.  Young’uns can talk about early forced retirement or permanent unemployment.  Not so hard to believe anymore.  Want to buy junk land?  Don’t sell it as a retreat for the collapse but rather a vacation lot ( to save money ) and a place to live if you have to and have no other choice ( pretend to be as reluctant to live primitively as the wife is ) if retirement ends up being short on cash.  Your wanting to replace a car with a bike is a sure wife pleaser.  You get in shape, please her in bed with your improved cardio and save money.  And, you stay in shape for retirement ( if you volunteer to be the one without a car, I can guarantee you your prep plans will meet less resistance.  Be a man and take one for the team ).  Stocking shoes and clothing?  Beating inflation for retirement.  Solar panels?  Saving money during retirement.  Same with extra insulation on the house, or moving to a smaller home.  You are planning and investing now to be much more secure in retirement.  Don’t sell it as survivalism but investment to reduce your need for money while still staying comfortable.  This plan doesn’t include night vision or other Tommy Tactical Toys.  Sorry.  You don’t need that crap anyway.  This also ties in to the “Prosperous Peasant Plan” book I’m starting any day now.  A lifetime worth of little items that make living easier and safer and more enjoyable.  Call it beating inflation and investing for a less generous Social Security retirement payout and you have covered your tracks as a mad bomber prepper.

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