I'm getting pretty tired of the media suggesting we are about to enter into another recession. We've been told the last recession ended in 2009. Excuse me, I'm sorry. Have you seen the long lines waiting for food, jobs, and help preventing foreclosure? Has the media seen the smash and run, the rise in bank robberies, and the pitiful return rate on anything a body might have in savings, not to even mention whole 401Ks lost from the planet? These are not the signs of recovery, or a non-recession.
I read last night that the rate of American children living below the poverty level is now 20%.
http://news.consumerreports.org/money/2011/08/the-us-child-poverty-rate-has-reached-20-percent.html?EXTKEY=I91CONL&CMP=OTC-ConsumeristRSS
Apparently, some economic indicators at some point went up, and the recession was declared "over".
Not that any normal person would have noticed.
Just because a drowning man is able to take a gulp of air does not mean he's not drowning anymore. Just because a drowning man can make a stroke towards shore does not mean he is saved.
The man is still drowning over here, its the same man, drowning in the same lake, and it's not getting better.
Years ago we were told about a bird flu pandemic possibility. Folks were warned to be prepared to stay put, not go into town, and certainly do not go to a hospital. We were instructed to store up enough food, water, medicines, and hygiene stuff to survive a month. Oprah even had a show on it.
Seemed like I just didn't have any room to store food in any quantity. Then, as this economy became more desperate, and the price of food skyrocketed while returns on any savings lost ground, I found some room.
I've downsized my wardrobe so that one of my "dressers" is now a food storage unit. I feel good about this. It also allows me to stock up on deals if I find them.
I was reading another blog about priorities in survival planning. He suggested that clothing will be much easier to find than food should things go seriously bad. I agree. Clothes last a long time and are easy to come by. Food, on the other hand, maybe much harder to find.
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