Reply #54: I lived in a Mc Mansion once, thankfully, I only rented it for a while

[Grinchie]

It was fun for the 2 years we lived there, but it was even more fun to move to the aging, 1700 Square foot farmhouse on 20 acres with 10 acres planted in fruit trees.

Unfortunately, Enron showed up alongside the DOT.CON bust and caused enough instability to lose it through bankruptcy. As soon as Bush started his war, I left the system and became defensive. My wife and I have a 6 year head start after waking up to this sham of an economy to prepare for the big fall. The Dot.Com bust was only a dress rehersal.

The people in this downturn are the same ones that devoured us years ago, and not it's our turn for some payback. The trouble is, they have nothing I would want to buy, even if it is only pennies on the dollar!

Since we left the fake economy and learned the barter economy, we spend a lot of time understanding the mechanics of the crisis, and I see a lot of people beginning to think the same way we do. Their is very little trust left in the fractional reserve system that caters to the wealthy and connected. As more and more people Opt out of that system, the more frantic the staus quo becomes, to the point of starting to devour the remaining suckers in the failing system.

The only thing I believe in these days are skills, real goods, and verifiable productivity. These paper millionaires are a dime a dozen, and they are going to be in for a shock in the coming months and years.

As far as the stimulus package goes... It will fail, and prolong the agony, but at least we will get so projects started that may provide a foundation to build on when the system totally collapse and they wipe the slate clean, worldwide. I don't see any other way out of it other than a do over with a new system. I like the barter system, because I control the currency for product I create.