The economy is first and foremost local. Look around you. How dependant are you on imports? Can you survive a few months when the supply change is no longer operating? Will your savings be worth anything when the shelves are empty? “You know then how to discern the face of the sky: and can you not know the signs of the times?”
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When that happens I will utilize my 'lead savings' to deal with
the deer that are eating my tomatoes.
I will then have both venison AND tomatoes.
(But the deer repellents that I am using seem to be having some effect.)
So I just have to wait for the time when if my neighbors
complain about the noise, they know that they will NOT
get any venison chops from me. But that time has not yet come.
Pragmatic, am I not?
The shelves won’t be empty, you just won’t be able to afford the price of a load of bread.
Others are already complaining they cannot withdraw cash from the bank without being harassed. Small amounts, not 10K levels, more like between 2-5K.
Tellers claiming they do not have that much cash on-hand?
Weird stuff is happening.