If I woke up this morning and money had ceased to exist, the first thing I’d do is open the safe and get out more ammunition for my carry gun. THEN I’d worry about everything else.
My carry gun is fully loaded, with spare ammo on the other side of the Belt. But I would grab the “Just in Case” 12 Gauge Pump, sling it, then call the Wife and tell her to come home.
Oh, I thought you were talking about the government wet dream of no longer having cash, and that all transactions were digital so they could be tracked. (yes, I know, underground economy and all that…)
This is more of a dollars are devalued greatly scenario. You’d still have money, it’d just be worth a lot less.
Easy. I would figure out what will be used instead of money and get lots of it.
Let’s face it, no one “invented” money. People just used precious metal because it was easy to measure and piece out. Later on, kings started making specifically sized pieces of it with their faces on it to say, “these coins all have the same amount of whatever in them.”
July 25th, 2011 at 10:19 am
Then do not get caught holding it:
http://blogs.forbes.com/greatspeculations/2011/07/23/dont-get-caught-holding-dollars-when-the-u-s-default-arrives/
New record set today:
Gold $1,619.30 Silver $40.74 Dollar 74.16
July 25th, 2011 at 10:37 am
If I woke up this morning and money had ceased to exist, the first thing I’d do is open the safe and get out more ammunition for my carry gun. THEN I’d worry about everything else.
July 25th, 2011 at 10:58 am
My carry gun is fully loaded, with spare ammo on the other side of the Belt. But I would grab the “Just in Case” 12 Gauge Pump, sling it, then call the Wife and tell her to come home.
July 25th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
I’d quickly do my best to reestablish money as a medium of exchange. Then I would vomit, knowing that the people who posted on that discussion exist.
July 25th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
Oh, I thought you were talking about the government wet dream of no longer having cash, and that all transactions were digital so they could be tracked. (yes, I know, underground economy and all that…)
This is more of a dollars are devalued greatly scenario. You’d still have money, it’d just be worth a lot less.
July 25th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Whoops. I followed the link in the first comment, and not the one you had. Sorry.
July 25th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
Easy. I would figure out what will be used instead of money and get lots of it.
Let’s face it, no one “invented” money. People just used precious metal because it was easy to measure and piece out. Later on, kings started making specifically sized pieces of it with their faces on it to say, “these coins all have the same amount of whatever in them.”
July 25th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
I’d definitely not be going to work tomorrow.
July 25th, 2011 at 11:05 pm
My bar tab would be gone. Kool.