I really think the depression will be much worse than in the 1930’s. In today’s world you have kids that think they are owed everything and don’t need to work. Mom and Dad will take care of them. I have seen that a few times. Plus, so many folks that do work live paycheck to paycheck. The days of homesteading are long gone. Back in the 20’s and 30’s, people grew their own food, made their own clothes and did whatever they could to keep afloat. Then there are the welfare people. They would not make it if things fold. No food stamps or anything else for that matter. I think the dollar as we know it would only be good for lighting a fire. As for gold and silver, not sure how that would play out as far as using it to buy things you need. You could buy land, no house on it. Just land but then you could have squatters take that over. I think best thing would be to buy a homestead with enough land to keep you afloat for a couple of years and hope it all blows over. But that is something I am not sure we could pull out of. So stocking food, having a back yard garden and doing a lot of canning and learning how to make your clothes and learning a lot of useful skills such as how to make shoes and such. it would take a lot of skills. Biggest problem would be saving enough money to pay utilities and taxes, because I don’t think in a depression, money will go very far. I really wonder if folks will survive a depression now days. I know a lot that are preparing will fair better but what about the rest that are clueless as to what is happening in this country and the fact that our government is bankrupt.
