Economy

5 Red Flags of Imminent Collapse: Be Aware of the Warning Signs

These indicators will give you anywhere from a few days to a few months of warning that things are about to change drastically.

1) Interest rates on US Treasuries go up steeply, and/or suddenly

The definition of ‘defaulting’ on it’s debt means the US Gov’t isn’t able to pay the interest on the almost $16 trillion it owes. Currently interest rates are at all-time lows – as many homeowners are enjoying by re-financing their homes at lower rates. Interest on the debt is currently the smaller of the four biggest expenses the US Gov’t has. As interest rates rise, the interest expense will get bigger – and this will be very difficult for a Gov’t that is already deficit spending way beyond its means.

You want to keep an eye on the current rates on Treasuries for two reasons:

a) Increasing rates will require a debt laden Gov’t to barrow more and will accelerate inflation and the date of collapse. This is a 6-12 month red flag. As of today, rates are slowly rising although they are still very low.

b) A sudden and sustained spike in the interest rates indicates that there are fewer buyers of US debt. Without the ability to barrow more money or rollover the (Read more....)

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Mission Impossible – 5 Things to Know About Deliveries and Disasters

Whether it’s a hurricane or a blizzard, a large-scale disaster can seriously disrupt distribution patterns. Unfortunately, it can also create situations that make quick relief distribution a necessity. The only way to maintain supply during a disaster is with detailed preparation and planning long before things go wrong. Below are five important factors to consider from both sides of the supply line.

1. Joint transport services. In case of a crisis, collaboration is key. One fleet may have lost vehicles, while another simply needs people behind the wheel. Aid organizations take advantage of joint transport services to use the best assets from every branch of the distribution, and this strategy works just as well for independent business owners. Companies should create partnerships in advance with local industries.

2. Driver technology. Certain types of fleet tracking software and hardware enable truck drivers to change their route on the spot with advanced GPS technology. If the original intended path is not passable, drivers can immediately determine the best (and shortest) alternative path. This ensures quick deliveries and safe drivers.

3. Change in attitude. Corporate priorities are cost cutting and following standard practices — as they should be. However, a disaster changes the rules. The focus should be on speed and security. Receiving packages in one piece and in a timely fashion is critical. In that same vein, businesses should practice openness and flexibility. Keeping everyone (Read more....)

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When All Hell Breaks Loose . . .

Guest Post – Dave Webb

When the SHTF, then a lot of things are going to have to change in a hurry. We will have governments with no way to pay their bills. The chances are they are going to release a lot of people from the jails because they cannot afford to keep them.

One of those things that is going to have to change is our justice system or lack thereof.

Does anyone question why we have the most people in jail of any country in the world? I do. China has only 1/4 the number of people in jail as we do, and they are considered tyrants.

At roughly $42,000 a prisoner this amounts to a very large expense for the U.S. Governments. I refer to Federal, State, and City governments. I sort of question how they got there. The prisoners I mean.

I am not saying any one of these prisoners didn’t do something wrong, or did they?

I would like to know how much of this prison population is drug-related crime?

How much is prostitutes taken off the streets. Sometimes with fatal diseases like HIV and AIDS..

How much of this population is redeemable?

This population is not completely any one class of people in America. Though (Read more....)

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Communism or Capitalism? Which is it to be?

Authored By Dave Webb

Obamacare is only the latest move towards our going into a communistic/socialistic state.

We have been gradually going to the Communistic side of economics for a good number of years. There are a good number of questions that need to be asked of our representatives in the Congress.

There is a valid case for a socialist type economy in today’s world. Apparently Mr. Romney’s 47% people on welfare is alarming to a lot of us. The problem I have with it is qualifications. In order to qualify, you have to be practically bankrupt. Or you have to stay below a certain income level to qualify.

Even the VA Hospitals have put income qualifications in place by President Bush’s executive orders. Those orders are still in effect years after he is out of office. I find this to be a national disgrace. No other country in the world has such a system of penalizing people who risked their lives because they happened to be successful in civilian life. But we do a lot of thiings like penalizing people (Read more....)

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Don’t Fight the System

By – SurvivingSurvivalism.com

As of Nov. 15^th, 2012, all 50 states had petitions in place to secede from the “Union”. Some of the alternative news media have jumped on the wagon, vying for first place to lead the charge.

Fighting the system to “fix” (or resurrect) it, is the same as fighting over who gets the tenderloin steak off a dead and rotting cow. For many of you I am sure this will be an extremely radical statement. But if that system lead us to the morass of greed and evil in which we are today, wouldn’t it be better to step aside while it collapses and help lead society to a better paradigm, based more on caring about others than about squeezing the last penny out of some useless consumer product?

Just what is “the system”? The system is an (Read more....)

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Economic Dependency and Looming Disaster

By MN Gordon Economic Prism

By the end of the day we should all know the winner of the 2012 Presidential Election. Of course, there’s always the possibility that it’s too close to call. Perhaps a recount of dangling, hanging, dimpled, and pregnant chads will be needed to determine the outcome. This sort of thing has happened before, you know.

Nevertheless, according to Bond King Bill Gross the outcome of the election will make no difference…

“Obama/Romney, Romney/Obama – the most important election of our lifetime? Fact is they’re all the same – bought and paid for with the same money. Ours is a country of the SuperPAC, by the SuperPAC, and for the SuperPAC. The ‘people’ are merely election-day pawns, pulling a Democratic or Republican lever that will deliver the same results every four years.”

Gross may have a point… But, election-day pawn or not, we still vote for who we want to win. Quite frankly, we’re tired of President Obama. We’re tired of his big (Read more....)

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Down is the New Up: Weathering a Double Dip Economy

When economists talk about recessions they basically mean a slowdown in macro commercial activity. This means than a recession is somewhat less disastrous than a depression on both a personal and national level. That said, any substantial halt in financial activity comes with repercussions. The remainder of this article will cover some key definitions and strategies that deal with weathering these dour fiscal events relatively unscathed.

Everyone hears the term double dip recession in the media, but what does it really mean? Well, a double dip recession in economics with what’s known as a W-shaped recession. The W-shape recession gets its name for the shape of the economic activity once plotted in chart form. Basically a double dip or W-shape recession conforms to the following pattern of activity: the economy suffers some loss, the economy slightly recovers on the heels of some growth, then the economy falls back into decay, and finally the economy recovers from that second bout of losses. The recession in the early 1980s is viewed by (Read more....)

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