Collapse of the Dollar??

[theGinsue]

if the shit really goes completely south then my guns and ammo will be more of an investment that anything. you can trade them for goods and services and protect yourself against the hoard.

I agree with Byte, just late in getting into this thread to post my response. In a SHTF scenario, the person without a gun is the least of your worries. The person with a gun (even if they just got it from you in fair trade) is your most immediate threat to your survival. To arm someone else is an unacceptable risk unless they are someone I already trust with my life.

Oil imports from overseas will go up in price, because there are more dollars available.

This is already starting. Crude went up over $80 earlier this week. with an expectation of it going through the roof. Too bad the U.S. doesn't have direct access to major petroleum resources in places like, say, North/South Dakota or a desolate section of Alaska's ANWR. If such resources existed, and our government would get out of it's own way, we could end our dependance on OPEC.

I Agree...
if we hit a section of road anything like post WWII Germany in which it took 35,000 marks to buy a loaf of bread, my Student loans will be a joke.

So, just be prepared to bake a dozen loaves of bread if/when SHTF and take 'em to your bank to pay off the loans.

[ShooterJM]

So, just be prepared to bake a dozen loaves of bread if/when SHTF and take 'em to your bank to pay off the loans.

A while back there was a photo essay type thing done on the inflation in Zimbabwe. Followed the entire process from the initial introduction of the zimbabwe dollar at an exchange rate of about $1.50 per US dollar. Then followed the increase in inflation until 2008 when it showed the price of a single bottle of beer. $100 Billion zimbabwe dollars. A note after that picture stated that an hour after the photo was taken the price had increased to $150 billion.

Moral: Brew beer.

[2ndChildhood]

Bread, beer, what you make doesn't matter so much as being able to produce something, anything.
As long as it is useful or needful to those around you, you can barter it for the things you will need when the normal means of production/distribution go belly up.

it does help to know your neighbors and have enough of a relationship with them that there is some level of trust you can work with.

Cottage industry ftw.