Food prices may be catalyst for 2013 revolutions

[Lacarnut]

Food prices will keep going up because of the increased demand due to population increases. The government stockpiles commodities. So, I do not think food prices will ever consume a major portion of our income such as the case in 3rd world countries. I am very skeptical of the doom and gloomers. Living in a hurricane prone area, I have enough food to last me a month or two in two different locations.

Since gold and silver has been used as money for many, many years, I view having some as an insurance policy. In case of an emergency, it just might come in handy. Those that are anti-gold do not have any. In an emergency, the money you have in a bank or your credit card will be worthless if there is no electricity.

[vesta111]

Food prices will keep going up because of the increased demand due to population increases. The government stockpiles commodities. So, I do not think food prices will ever consume a major portion of our income such as the case in 3rd world countries. I am very skeptical of the doom and gloomers. Living in a hurricane prone area, I have enough food to last me a month or two in two different locations.

Since gold and silver has been used as money for many, many years, I view having some as an insurance policy. In case of an emergency, it just might come in handy. Those that are anti-gold do not have any. In an emergency, the money you have in a bank or your credit card will be worthless if there is no electricity.

According to Mother in WW2  both in Europe and America one could get most aything for a pair of silk stockings---She tells me woman here would dialute iodine, color their legs and take a pen to draw a seam up the back.

Lip stick was a biggie in Europe as were cigarettes and booze.   Wars have been fought over spices, Indonesia and the Dutch had one heck of a time of it in the past.

Today I would put my money on the trade of bullets for food.   Run out of Ammo and the weapon is no better then a club or rock. The government does not have to take away our guns just restrict the Ammo, darn but a $10.00 charge for each round will do most of us in.   I thought about the reloading kits and it gives me the creeps, over half of the gun owners will just blow themselves up, this is a fine tuned art very precised.

[MrsSmith]

According to Mother in WW2  both in Europe and America one could get most aything for a pair of silk stockings---She tells me woman here would dialute iodine, color their legs and take a pen to draw a seam up the back.

Lip stick was a biggie in Europe as were cigarettes and booze.   Wars have been fought over spices, Indonesia and the Dutch had one heck of a time of it in the past.

Today I would put my money on the trade of bullets for food.   Run out of Ammo and the weapon is no better then a club or rock. The government does not have to take away our guns just restrict the Ammo, darn but a $10.00 charge for each round will do most of us in.   I thought about the reloading kits and it gives me the creeps, over half of the gun owners will just blow themselves up, this is a fine tuned art very precised.

My dad and both brothers reloaded shot gun shells all the time, and no one ever got hurt.  If you knew my dad and brothers, this would be a strong argument against the danger of reloading.  If anyone could have gotten hurt doing something, it was one of them!!   

My mother's family for generations had made a practice of giving every new baby something valuable...in my generation, we each received real silver baby cups.  This was a way of making sure the child would have something that could help in a real emergency.  They also bought only real jewelry, 14 K gold or real silver, for the same reason.