Eritrean Soldiers marching in a parade (ca 2006) photograph by Temesgen Woldezion |
Many people are living their lives, failing to see the coming difficulties facing our country, while some folks are having misconceptions about what is coming.
Food
As you know, fuel prices are increasing, so those costs are going to be added to the things you and your family purchase.
Just to remind you and your family, ...
Farms use diesel to prepare their fields. Farmers use pesticides, made from petrochemicals, to increase the crop yield. Farmers use diesel to harvest the crop. Truckers use fuel to transport the food from farm to factory. Processing plants use oil to lubricate the machinery that moves the raw food through the factory. Again, truckers use diesel to move the food to the central warehouses where the food is readied for distribution to the grocery stores. The grocery stores that you drive to buy your food.
Ohh, ...
Don't forget all the driving done to get to work by the people working at the processing plants, the distribution warehouses, the grocery stores, the credit/debit card companies, and ... the people operating and maintaining the mass transit in our large and medium-sized cities.
Those prices will be passed on to the customer. If these prices aren't passed on, the companies will go out of business.
Don't forget that $15 minimum wage, too.
Ammunition
A relative decided to buy some ammunition several months ago. It was easy. He went to Cheaper Than Dirt, found what he was looking for, at a good price, then placed an order. He then waited, waited, waited, and waited some more, then Cheaper Than Dirt cancelled his order ...
Ooops, ... I apologize about the anti-commercial.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn says it best, ...
Just think, ...
How you and your family could protect yourselves with 20, 50, 100 or a thousand rounds of ammunition.?
What You Can Do
As you know, ammunition is expensive. Plus, it is difficult to obtain in large quantities, but don't despair. You can still buy a box of 50 rounds at a local gun show, from friends and family, and maybe even work colleagues. Just expect to pay $75 to $150.
On the other hand, food is still cheap, relatively. You can still purchase your family's normally eaten food for the same prices you paid last month. This gives you and your partner a chance to stock up on the bagged, boxed, bottled, and canned food that will store for a few weeks to years, for the tough times ahead.
Benedict Arnold
Link:
Pew Pew Tactical - Cheaper Than Dirt: Why The Hate?
Archive - The Gulag Archipelago in three volumes
Ukraine Holodomor - Genocide
The New Republic - Why Stalin Starved Ukraine