inflation-house wins 4

INFLATION-HOUSE WINS 4

Precious metals are not only NOT a great hedge against hyper-inflation, as discussed yesterday ( although, granted, better than nothing. And only bad if they are your sole preparation ), they are the sign of a very lazy prepper. Geez, put some effort into it. Instead of silver stocks to buy food, how about storing, you know, food? A bit of silver for the property tax, and some for mobile wealth in case of worst case scenario, fine and dandy. But for purchasing your way out of inflation, past that point? Not recommended.

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Far better to have everything you need to eliminate any bills ( well, eliminating as much as possible, anyway ), than to save up your “shopping card” funds. Yes, you still need cash stuffed in the mattress. But that is a rainy day fund and an emergency investment fund. It does no good against real inflation. Best to eliminate any bills. The same as you would do if there never was a collapse, just for retirement or self-employment. NOT eliminating bills is, frankly, in this climate of regular business as usual mass layoffs and unemployment, retarded. The ability to self employ is just a bonus ( hard to self employ if you are paying off the McMansion and Ford F-350 ).

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And in light of the recent California PG&E grid shut down, no where else should you need proof that eliminating all bills is a now necessary preparedness imperative. Investing in utilities to lower your need for electricity, and going to a solar system, not only gets you to a nice self-sufficiency place, it eliminates a bill ( understand, you still pay monthly to save up for a battery bank replacement, so “eliminate” is a misnomer, but you take my meaning I hope ). Of course, part of that is eliminating how much power you need, so your panel and battery cost is lower.

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Insulation and Earth Tubes really help slash your needs to heat and cool. Investing in proper bedding and wool clothing do the same. If you have a clothes drier or a dishwasher, you are in danger of becoming a short bus passenger. Are your power tools necessary, or are they convenient? Nothing needs to be expensive. Place a RV or shed in the back yard and turn that into a off-grid shelter, if you cannot convert the whole house. Do you recall the poor Senior Citizens down in/near Atlanta, Georgia?

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Their sewage/water bill was $300, after the municipality had to endure less than perfect conditions. If you were already set up with a rain catchment system, and a sawdust toilet, you were insured against that kind of utility screw job. These are the kinds of situations that are so easy to avoid with a bit of preparation, and are perfect for when hyperinflation hits. Building your own solar oven-doubling as a hot water heater-is at most around $50, and will save hundreds of dollars in propane ( at today's cost ). One less thing to worry about needing money. A rocket stove fills in on cloudy days and can burn scraps rather than trees.

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Spending $200 now for a lamp seems crazy ( $90 solar panel, $10 charge controller, $70 sealed 12v battery, a few LED bulbs for $20 and a thrift store lamp at $10 ), until hyperinflation hits and a watt of power is $10, available two hours a night on a regular brown out rolling shortage. If you don't care about ugly, you can slap up insulation on the outside of an interior wall. You could at least turn one south side ( for solar gain ) room into a sanctuary for when the rest of the house is uninhabitable.

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Put a hide-a-bed in there and enjoy it as the “business as normal” room now, much warmer in winter and cooler in summer, cutting down on house utilities to pay for the insulation ( the wife will not stand for insulation glued on to “her” walls. How about tapestries? Nicely covered, bragging points to the girlfriends that “only” have painted drywall. Just don't buy them from those roadside markets that offer Elvis and Poker Dogs rugs ).

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Have a screened in porch kitchen for the summer. It need not be any fancier than camping type equipment. Just Plain Jane. Right there is a lot of house cooling you don't need to do. Always use a clothes line. If they have to be put in the garage, so be it. You avoid a dryer, the gas/electric bill, and the clothes last longer that way. How about a south facing porch or window turned into a greenhouse? Grow some veggies and on a cold day open the door or window getting free heat.

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Since your clothes are going to last a lot longer now without a dryer, do you have a lifetime supply of clothing, everything except socks and underwear from the thrift store? One less thing to buy during hyper-inflation. Do you have multitudes of entertainment, stocked up for the apocalypse? That will serve you well during retirement, or through a bout of inflation. I cannot think of anything more retarded than trying to pay the cable bill as it goes from $60 to $600 a month. Except perhaps still going to Starbucks.

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How hard is it to stockpile coffee? $5 a can on sale, with a can lasting a couple a month, with careful rationing. Have a camping percolator for winter and a French Press for summer. If you don't have five years coffee stocked up, just for after the apocalypse, you've never been more wrong in your entire life, not even when you failed to praise my hair. During inflation, one can will cost you what five years worth does now. And, if you are now stopping at Starbucks to subsidize that Purple Hair lesbian and her college tuition paying for Gender Studies Basket Weaving, two days there pays for one month at home. Dumb ass!

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What do you mean you don't have a bicycle that you take out once a week to condition your muscles, in anticipation of gas being $150 not a barrel, but a gallon? Just this morning I saw a crackhead outside wearing a T-shirt, standing around screaming into a cell phone ( Gawd, I hate people! ) as it was thirty degrees. Yeah, if you don't have a bike, $30 at a garage sale and $30 for a set of new tires, you are more retarded than that stupid puke. How do you feel about your life choices now?

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Living in a Home Owners Association location? Can you imagine what THOSE fees are going to be like with inflation? In that case, you'll see houses REALLY drop in value. Sell it now while you can, and move to a saner place, even if it is just the other side of town. I wouldn't worry overly much about moving closer to work, because very few people are going to be employed here real soon, but you must do all that you can to keep your shelter of choice, even if all that means is it becomes a pile of scrap once the utilities become too expensive.

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Just one room converted, or a super efficient solar cabin in the back yard ( or, a converted garage ), and hyperinflation cannot mess with your shelter. With stored foods and clothes and etcetera, your need to keep up with rising prices lowers to almost nothing. Avoid most money, rather than just trying to replace it.

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