This is an excellent article on what *MIGHT* (and likely will) happen if the US government runs out of money for “entitlements” , or chooses to end them. What might happen if the payments to keep the the proles quiet end for any reason.

EBT, free cell phones, welfare, medicade, section 8 housing, etc. These are all payments to keep the lower classes in their place and to keep them from preying on the rest of the citizens in the US society.

What happens when we get tired of paying the danegeld?

Maybe the scenario that Peter brings. Pay attention to what he says, he has experiences that you and I don’t in the destruction of a society. He has seen what you and I haven’t.

You should read the rest of his articles (look on the right sidebar) on preparedness. Think about his lesson, and, if you are smart, learn enough from them to begin your own preps.

If you are in a large city, you’d better make plans to be elsewhere if and when. If you are in the outskirts, then you’d better make plans to defend against those who would take what you have. They likely won’t care how they get it, or the damage they do when they do.

Think I am nuts? Maybe I am. Paranoid? Perhaps.

But Fernando Aguire (Ferfal) has seen the decline happen slowly, rather than quickly like Peter.

And read this article if you think that people won’t steal what they want when they think that they can get away with it.

And remember, the police are only effective because the crowd fears them. When that fear disappears, then the police are neutered. There are always more bad guys than cops. Once their authority is broken, so are they.

ETA:
And, if you are into worst case scenarios, read this. Lest you think it is fantasy, the flash mobs and flash mob looting is already happening in Chicago. Riots aren’t that far behind.

https://middleoftheright.com/2012/09/the-economy-williams-needs-to-be-baker.html

Pay attention to the graph. Really read the article.

Realize that this issue is NOT just a one term president’s wild and unrestrained spending. It is systemic to our government. And it has to stop.

The current administration just takes the cake as to the spending. And as to the rate of increase.

To promote their policies….to promote their spending and entitlements, To promote the current administration and tell us how great a job Obama and his henchmen have done…To promote raising of taxes(again). As they denigrate the millionaires and Billionaires. The business owners and the wealthy, who already pay the majority of the taxes that fund the government (except , of course, for the deficit spending). As they promote the socialist policies of the Unions and pander to their base, most of whom are leeches takers rather than producers….As they tell stories about how poor people succeeded only with help from the government…never by hard work or by smart decisions. As they tell each other how they need more entitlements to help poor people and more social programs which cost millions for dubious (if any) results…. As they agree among themselves that they need to spend just a bot more of other peoples money and put the country just a bit deeper into debt…..

As they discuss and promote their new slogan….”Forward”.

The national debt tops 16 Trillion dollars.

That is, you realize, $136,260 per household.

The current debt (as of Friday)  is $16,015,769,788,215.80

Look at that number again.

And again.

It has grown from an (already horrific) 10.6 Trillion dollars at the end of 2008 to 16 Trillion today, less than 4 years later..

4 years. 6 trillion dollars. And for what?

Now, if we had actually gotten something for those dollars that we spent (but did not actually, you know, have), it might have been, if not a good thing, at least worth the larger debt. But what do we have for this additional 60% increase in an already terrible crushing debt?

Nothing. Obama and his ilk have enriched a lot of people most of whom are friends and campaign contributors… But what did the country get?

Yeah, I usually like dinner and at least a movie first too.

While it may not be the end of summer, the Socialist Holiday (Labor day) generally marks the end of the summer season. Kids, if not already back in school, will be soon.

Really, it is just a re-do of MayDay, except the socialist overtones are better hidden.

Think about this as you enjoy your burgers on the grill (or, if working, the holiday pay you are earning).

Socialist holidays….In the US. Sad, that. We should be truthful, and call it “Socialist Workers Day” or something…

Not that anyone remembers why it exists, except to give a 3 day weekend…

ETA:
Lyle agrees with me…and makes a few points which I didn’t

Seems that the Bureau of Land Management has decided that certain portions of government land can be (at least temporarily) a gun free zone. One wonders of the BLM is going to provide 24/7 security for each guest at the Burning Man Festival…

No word on knives, bats, sticks, scissors, rocks, bottles, etc though.

But firearms? They be evil. 

Is this legal? (not that I have time to go).

Layers and layers of editorial oversight.

Like these examples? (put down the coffee)

I thought about this all day Friday, after watching the big finale on TV….I liked the speeches at the RNC convention.

Rommney did a decent job. He said many of the right things. He stirred up the faithful, who were going to vote for him anyway. His sermon to the choir was an outstanding success.

But…..

He had no passion, no drive, and no fire in his belly. Ryan had a lot more, and Rubio rocked the house. Not Mitt though. I was, to put it bluntly, underwhelmed.

He didn’t convince me that he isn’t a different brand of statist.

He’ll repeal Obamacre and REPLACE it? With what? A different brand of Socialized Medicine? Rommneycare instead? Dude, really.

I didn’t hear him say a lot of things:…..

No promise to reduce the size of government. No promise to change the way we do government.
No promise to get rid of any government agencies. Not one. Not one single 3 letter agency. Or even reduce their size and reach…. ATF, DOE, Dept of Education, Interior or DHS or TSA or EPA (Especially EPA!) etc. No promise of fewer regulations for businesses. No promise of greater freedoms for the US Citizen. No promise of fewer (or lower) taxes.

I didn’t hear him say anything about the border, or illegal immigration. Or security for this country and the citizens who make it great. Nor any pro second amendment statement from him. Really, I heard a bunch of words but no meaning.

No, what I heard was an empty suit promising that we need him and his brand (R) of statism rather than the brand (D) we already have. Yes, it’d be nice to have Obama and his ilk gone from the White House….But I never heard Mitt tell me why he was going to be better. How he would fundamentally change the direction that this country is going. Yeah, he mentioned debt reduction, but never said how…..Higher taxes rather than reduced spending? AFAIK, he hasn’t said.

So I really don’t know why I should vote for Mittens except for the fact that he isn’t Obama. I really would rather vote FOR someone rather than AGAINST someone else. Why should I vote for Mitt and just get a different heel on my neck? A different hand holding the whip. A different way to spend my money on different people and companies and sectors of the economy and a different way to  reduce my freedoms. A different brand of statist? We already tried that last time, and got GWB, who never vetoed any spending and grew the size of government…admittedly less growth than Obama, but still a great deal of growth…and spending and debt. Let us not forget that he gave us the DHS and the TSA.

Seems to me that the shit tastes the same no matter if it is on a sandwich made from rye or white and what kind of cheeze on the shit sandwich makes little difference either. …..It’s still a shit sandwich. And shit is shit. Which is the choice we have here. Shit on rye or shit on white. But still shit.

So really, aside from “anybody but Obama” why should I cast my vote for Mitt? Do you really think he’ll do less damage?