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George Thorn's avatar

Very interesting, gold is dropping at the same time as the markets, at the same time as fiat currencies, but not yet real estate, hmmmmm. So, what do we actually need, shelter, food, water, air, anything else? If things become more difficult can't you imagine four people carpooling to the grocery to stock up? I live in the country so there is a bias, what about city dwellers, how do they intend to cope? How do my less fortunate fellow travelers adjust to hardships. When hurricane Ivan devastated Grenada the poor did pretty okay, not to make light but when you got nothing you got nothing to lose. That's a resilient bunch and the well off and spoiled suffered mental breakdowns and PTSD. Somewhere in there is a lesson.

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Charles Greene's avatar

How about Jimmy Carter II (Joe Biden), as the most incompetent U.S. President ever? Unlike Ross Perot, whose success in business was because he believed in “surrounding himself with eagles”, as I believe you also do. Biden and Carter never learned that particular leadership trait. They picked many unqualified support personnel instead and it really shows. Reagan had that trait and it helped him immensely in his leadership role. From CG in Dunwoody, GA,

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