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Originally posted by spartacus699
ahhhh that's funny.......LOL Get real
If every charitable store did this, they would save millions of lives, and completely remove the need for massive looting and violence.
Originally posted by Gazrok
The best thing a poor person can do for SHTF survival is make friends with someone who lives outside of the major cities, and have a skill to bring to the table, should some kind of event go down. Then, get out of the city (even if just on foot), and make it to that place.
edit on 19-8-2013 by Gazrok because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by undo
Originally posted by spartacus699
ahhhh that's funny.......LOL Get real
that's what i'm doing. i'm not just sitting here waiting to die, nor am i willing to sit and watch others die. i don't see the point of our local governments not making any kind of preparations.
Originally posted by undo
I have been pondering the situation many may find themselves in if the usa crashes hard, financially. This will effect the entire globe in a very negative way. The poor would be the first to feel the impact and in the worst way. However, they are at least accustomed to living by the seat of their pants and would not be as negatively impacted by the change, overall, as the more affluent.
The problem is, the largest populations of the impoverished are stuffed into major metropolitan areas and as a result, anyone living in those areas can assume that anything they have as a personal possession will soon become the property of roaming gangs of looters -- they will not spare even their own poverty stricken community members, so don't think that just because you're poor or a minority, that they won't come pay you a visit and take your baby's enfamil supply or your electronic devices, tools, wallet, artwork, food, jewelry, magazines, anything that isn't bolted down (and in some cases, even things that are bolted down!), and perhaps even your life.
THIS DOES NOT NEED TO HAPPEN! And this is where my idea comes in, observe:
Every city has several charitable stores in the usa, such as Good Will or Salvation Army. These organizations take in donations and then sell them to others for sharply decreased prices. We need to convince them to set aside storage space on their store properties to hold food and medicine donations, and then to distribute fliers to their local communities, informing everyone that in the event of a state, national or global crisis where the food and medicine distribution chain has broken down, that they can come to the store and get a kit, containing food and medicine sufficient for their family size, free of charge. If every charitable store did this, they would save millions of lives, and completely remove the need for massive looting and violence.
if there was a plan in place