Given the potential for an economic catastrophe in about 11 days when we hit the debt ceiling (assuming no deal is reached before then), I've been thinking about how to handle a "New Normal". Specifically, Obama has stated that Social Security checks would stop if a deal is not reached, and there has been some concern within the DoD about military retirement also being delayed or stopped.
Since those 2 items account for about 75% of my monthly income, I've had to think long and hard about how to deal with it. Food is not an issue ( grow most of ours), however mortgage and other bills would have to be put on hold. If it comes to pass, I'm pretty sure I can negotiate with my creditors, so that's not really a big deal either.
But what might be a big deal is the social disruption that would result from 40 million or so people in the same boat I would be in.
Alright, that sets the scene. Now to the survival part, and I'm not even sure where I'm going with this, but......
99% of the Survival advice and products I've seen are aimed at young, healthy people and heavily weighted towards things like bug out gear and so on. How about something for the over 65 folks that have no intention (or capability) of bugging out or setting up some kind of cinder block fortress to defend ourselves against the marauding hordes of 30 somethings. We'd just like to live out what remains of our life in peace. We've bugged our last out.
I can't speak for those trapped in cities, but for the old folks in rural areas, many garden and are pretty self sufficient even into their 80's and 90's.
So anyone care to offer some advice for us old farts?
Since those 2 items account for about 75% of my monthly income, I've had to think long and hard about how to deal with it. Food is not an issue ( grow most of ours), however mortgage and other bills would have to be put on hold. If it comes to pass, I'm pretty sure I can negotiate with my creditors, so that's not really a big deal either.
But what might be a big deal is the social disruption that would result from 40 million or so people in the same boat I would be in.
Alright, that sets the scene. Now to the survival part, and I'm not even sure where I'm going with this, but......
99% of the Survival advice and products I've seen are aimed at young, healthy people and heavily weighted towards things like bug out gear and so on. How about something for the over 65 folks that have no intention (or capability) of bugging out or setting up some kind of cinder block fortress to defend ourselves against the marauding hordes of 30 somethings. We'd just like to live out what remains of our life in peace. We've bugged our last out.
I can't speak for those trapped in cities, but for the old folks in rural areas, many garden and are pretty self sufficient even into their 80's and 90's.
So anyone care to offer some advice for us old farts?