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Buy Stuff NOW! While you can afford it….

January 14, 2008 on 10:45 am | In Old Posts |

This brief op-ed is a thumbnail summary of the show I put on Friday night and it was quite a popular show so thank you to all of my listeners and the ton of email I got before, during and after the show. The subject matter, based on this morning’s gold and silver prices appears to be timely. I am warning you folks now, that the markets are telling you that prices in the future, the end of this year, are going to be so much higher that it will shock all of us. I predicted an annualized inflation rate of over 18% to possibly 22% using John William’s information provided at www.shadowstats.com . My fear for everyone is that those prepper items that you have been putting off for years are going to be so expensive that you will never be able to obtain them at a reasonable price. A lot of items have already started the absurd rise in prices thanks to the destruction of our dollar and that has major implications for control of the items and the individual’s ability to obtain them. With that, here is the outline of what I said to get and NOW!

1. Food

If you are not stocking up now, go to any financial page and look at the commodity prices. Wheat, corn, rice, barley, hogs, etc. are all skyrocketing. In the short term the meats might drop in price as the farmers are taking their herds to slaughter, but in the long term the prices are only going up with the Asians buying more and more of our products and using their pricing power to pay higher prices for them squeezing the American consumer. You had best develop a food storage program and start loading up now because in this writer’s opinion, you will see food prices double in many cases by year end. For those that can not grasp that, that means milk at $7 to $8 per gallon! Use whatever means you can to get your hands on food now because that is the tool that the powers that be will use to control the economic and political future of your household.

2. Water

The aquifers in the U.S. are in decline in several regions. The Great Lakes are at lower levels than normal as are major lakes and water ways nationwide. The demand for water is increasing as more acreage is planted for the ag industry. And now the foreigners are more than willing to buy our local water utilities because or local governments are incompetent about the long term consequences of the action in a desperate attempt to raise cash for the short term. You need a water storage and sterilization program and you had best start doing the homework and putting a plan into action immediately.

3. Metals

While many people see that and scratch their head, the first tool of barter is the oldest currency in existence, gold and silver. The precious metals are skyrocketing this morning which is telling you that inflation is in the system and is about to expand at an extremely rapid rate. When all is said and done and as I said in my op-ed “Weimarica”, once the dollar reaches the point of no return, many folks will start trading with precious metals as opposed to using the garbage currency we are creating. When societies fail, the metals become the prime currency so get your hands on as much junk silver (90% coins, pre-1965 U.S. dimes, quarters, halves and dollars), silver rounds or bars, or gold as you can.

4. Ammo

Ammunition prices are already at the absurd level with some calibers almost doubling in price. By October of this year there is a good chance per sources that Steve Quayle has, that it will be impossible to obtain any ammo at almost any price. I hope those sources are wrong, but based on what I’m seeing on store shelves there appears to be a deliberate attempt to restrict the flow of ammunition to the “masses” and that is disturbing. Buy it now while you can still afford it because waiting until “tomorrow” might be too late. If you do not have a firearm, you could be in trouble in short order with the society that will evolve from this economic nightmare we are about to enter because sadly, this is not your grandparent’s America.
5. Clothes

Plan ahead. With the dollar crashing clothing prices will increase since we have elected to destroy our textiles industry in this country and that leaves us empty handed once the recession moves into an inflationary depression in the years to come.

6. BBB

No, not “broads, beer and Buicks” but Books, Batteries and Barterables. During the 1930’s if you had smokes or booze you had a barterable and it was a very, very desired one. A small stock of these items could get your car repaired, your hair cut, or a leaking pipe in your home fixed so stocking some away for trade with others is not a bad idea. Just shop for it when it’s on sale because the prices on those items are going to go up, up, up very soon as the nations with strong currencies start to hoard. Books are important from several perspectives. You will want a large survivalist library which includes “How To” books on everything from plumbing to auto repair, medical books and more. If you have children, you’ll need to start an education library plus entertainment library with game books and more as despite popular belief, the internet will not be free and the collapse of the system will make electricity and access to it a valuable commodity for most. Lastly, as predicted in 2007, battery prices have gone nuts, increasing in price by some 30-40% in some cases. This is the time to get some stored away for your portable electronics, preferably buying Ni-Cads with a solar recharger. Once you lose the ability to get the news via radio, it’s all over.

During and after the show, several other great ideas were emailed into me and they were excellent additions to the list above. Tools will be at a premium and you had best have some sort of tool box set aside in your plans or you can forget the “how-to” books I referenced above. Also if you have furkids (pets) please folks, don’t forget them. Get a food rotation plan in place for them also and remember, they can not digest the sodium laden MRE’s. Get a plan in place and now, don’t wait!

There it is gang. Why I did a show on buying “Stuff” now and the things I’ve referred to are the critical items which you’ll need to survive. There is not “well, I can get it anytime” philosophy which will soon be proven to be a disaster for those that think in that manner. The prices we are about to see will prevent that.