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“Retreat” Areas may be Hit by automatic US Budget Cuts
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:27
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Fernando
1) I was just looking at a map showing which USA
counties receive the most federal spending dollars per person –in a news
article re which areas will be heavily impacted if the US government has
automatic tax increases/spending cuts in the event the Democrats and Republicans
don’t reach a compromise budget with 2 months.
counties receive the most federal spending dollars per person –in a news
article re which areas will be heavily impacted if the US government has
automatic tax increases/spending cuts in the event the Democrats and Republicans
don’t reach a compromise budget with 2 months.
2) One thing that was striking is that many of the
survival retreat areas recommended by James Wesley Rawles are strongly
dependent upon the US federal government spending.
survival retreat areas recommended by James Wesley Rawles are strongly
dependent upon the US federal government spending.
See http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/CNBC/Sections/News_And_Analysis/_News/_SPECIAL_REPORTS/FiscalCliff/Graphics/fiscal-cliff-and-you-fed-fund-per-capita-county.pdf
or
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49885240?__source=yahoo|related|story|text|&par=yahoo
Rawles’ “American Redoubt” recommended areas
are here:
are here:
http://www.survivalblog.com/redoubt.html
3) The impact on those areas will be amplified because
of what economists call the “multiplier” — every dollar coming into
an area from outside gets passed around 4 or 5 times and hence supports roughly
4 times its weight in economic activity. A federal worker spends his paycheck
at the grocery store, the grocery store
worker spends part of the money received from the federal worker at Walmart,
the Walmart employee spends his resulting wage buying gas at the local service station,etc.
of what economists call the “multiplier” — every dollar coming into
an area from outside gets passed around 4 or 5 times and hence supports roughly
4 times its weight in economic activity. A federal worker spends his paycheck
at the grocery store, the grocery store
worker spends part of the money received from the federal worker at Walmart,
the Walmart employee spends his resulting wage buying gas at the local service station,etc.
4) But if the spigot from outside shuts off, the
crowbar works the other way –and the local economy shrinks more rapidly than
just the amount of reduction in outside money. It seem risky to be in an area
dependent upon a government that is $16+ Trillion in debt — especially since
inland areas like Montana don’t have any ocean ports giving them access to
trading routes with other countries and they don’t have diversified economies/ resources. I.e, there are reasons why they have low
populations.
crowbar works the other way –and the local economy shrinks more rapidly than
just the amount of reduction in outside money. It seem risky to be in an area
dependent upon a government that is $16+ Trillion in debt — especially since
inland areas like Montana don’t have any ocean ports giving them access to
trading routes with other countries and they don’t have diversified economies/ resources. I.e, there are reasons why they have low
populations.
5) Did you know
if any areas in Argentina saw this effect after the 2001 crisis?
if any areas in Argentina saw this effect after the 2001 crisis?
-Don Williams
Hi Don,
At times certain areas have been recommended by
certain people because they would gladly contact you with retreat brokers that
will land them a certain handsome fee for their troubles. Even on small shares
per buyer, you’re talking about some serious money being made in what would
otherwise be hard to sell, unattractive property.
certain people because they would gladly contact you with retreat brokers that
will land them a certain handsome fee for their troubles. Even on small shares
per buyer, you’re talking about some serious money being made in what would
otherwise be hard to sell, unattractive property.
Then there’s the issue of lack of objectivity. People in
general, we all tend to look at things through our own perspective, and the
greater the ego, the harder it is to put yourself in the other guy’s shoes. If
you happen to suffer a narcissistic disorder, this exercise which involves an amount
of empathy is simply impossible to perform. A person that is independently wealthy, not
exactly because of the money he saves by heating with wood or growing his own
food, mind you, can afford to pick the place they live in with much greater
freedom than someone that has to work for a living and actually needs to find a
job or provide clients and customers for himself. For some people homeschooling
just isn’t possible because both parents work or because, like myself, believe
that an excellent school will provide a better education while we take care of
the raising them part at home. In either case, good schools in the area are of
great importance. An elder couple that needs constant medical care, like the
nice lady that lives across my street, they wouldn’t last a month without
constant medical assistance. For people like them, living far from cities where
good medical care is available is a bad idea. And guess what, we will ALL be in
that position sooner or later.
general, we all tend to look at things through our own perspective, and the
greater the ego, the harder it is to put yourself in the other guy’s shoes. If
you happen to suffer a narcissistic disorder, this exercise which involves an amount
of empathy is simply impossible to perform. A person that is independently wealthy, not
exactly because of the money he saves by heating with wood or growing his own
food, mind you, can afford to pick the place they live in with much greater
freedom than someone that has to work for a living and actually needs to find a
job or provide clients and customers for himself. For some people homeschooling
just isn’t possible because both parents work or because, like myself, believe
that an excellent school will provide a better education while we take care of
the raising them part at home. In either case, good schools in the area are of
great importance. An elder couple that needs constant medical care, like the
nice lady that lives across my street, they wouldn’t last a month without
constant medical assistance. For people like them, living far from cities where
good medical care is available is a bad idea. And guess what, we will ALL be in
that position sooner or later.
Then you have this popular idea among survivalists
that everyone living in a suburb or city is a complete useless fool while
everyone that lives out in the country is a super human of some sort, healthy,
fit, educated, good natured and 100% self-sufficient. People living out of government
handouts, drunkards, lazy bums that have their homes falling apart with yards
full of rat infested junk? Drug abusers, meth labs, you’ll never find none of
those out in the sticks. Truth is that there’s that kind of people in cities,
suburbs and country, and the same goes for good people we would all love to
have as neighbors.
that everyone living in a suburb or city is a complete useless fool while
everyone that lives out in the country is a super human of some sort, healthy,
fit, educated, good natured and 100% self-sufficient. People living out of government
handouts, drunkards, lazy bums that have their homes falling apart with yards
full of rat infested junk? Drug abusers, meth labs, you’ll never find none of
those out in the sticks. Truth is that there’s that kind of people in cities,
suburbs and country, and the same goes for good people we would all love to
have as neighbors.
Did you know if any areas in Argentina saw this effect
after the 2001 crisis?
after the 2001 crisis?
People that live in the inner Argentine provinces have
a saying, “God is everywhere, but his office is in Buenos Aires”. That is why
half the population lives there. Finding work, getting more complicated paperwork
done or going to a good university, you have to go to the big city. Argentina
may be an extreme case of that, but there’s still a lesson there. With
thousands of acres of beautiful and affordable land, why do people still choose
to bunch up in nasty Buenos Aires? Because it’s the only place in a 3rdf world
country where you can get anything done, its where all the money ends up. The
rest of the country is always in a far 2nd place in terms of priority.
The power grid needs fixing, water supply, roads, Buenos Aires gets the money first.
Its not surprise that you find some of the worse poverty in the more distant
provinces.
a saying, “God is everywhere, but his office is in Buenos Aires”. That is why
half the population lives there. Finding work, getting more complicated paperwork
done or going to a good university, you have to go to the big city. Argentina
may be an extreme case of that, but there’s still a lesson there. With
thousands of acres of beautiful and affordable land, why do people still choose
to bunch up in nasty Buenos Aires? Because it’s the only place in a 3rdf world
country where you can get anything done, its where all the money ends up. The
rest of the country is always in a far 2nd place in terms of priority.
The power grid needs fixing, water supply, roads, Buenos Aires gets the money first.
Its not surprise that you find some of the worse poverty in the more distant
provinces.
Don, the problem isn’t just that these places are
strongly dependent upon the US federal government spending. The problem is that
given their relevance, these will be the first places where that spending is
significantly cut.
strongly dependent upon the US federal government spending. The problem is that
given their relevance, these will be the first places where that spending is
significantly cut.
I’ve explained this behavior before, comparing it to a
living organism. When there’s not enough food, a living organism will keep its
core alive while sacrificing other non-vital parts. Same thing happens with a
country and its government, it will keep its core alive, and same thing will
happen in a state level, the capital getting most of the attention so as to
keep it going while the smaller the community, the less help it will get.
living organism. When there’s not enough food, a living organism will keep its
core alive while sacrificing other non-vital parts. Same thing happens with a
country and its government, it will keep its core alive, and same thing will
happen in a state level, the capital getting most of the attention so as to
keep it going while the smaller the community, the less help it will get.
FerFAL
2013-03-12 03:00:53
Source: http://ferfal.blogspot.com/2012/11/retreat-areas-may-be-hit-by-automatic.html
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