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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> The case for gold is the case for capital preservation
> and wealth transfer to heirs in an era of inflation.  You
> had better own gold in your golden years.

For homesteaders, land is gold. But it's not enough to live on, usually. I 
am probably in my last year of "productively working" in our economic 
system, so I am thinking about the things the article covered.

I recently asked friends who live much like we intend to live--a couple who 
live frugally and carefully, who have zero debt, who have a big garden each 
year, can or freeze lots of their food, use a hoop house to help feed them 
through the winter, who keep chickens, who heat with wood they cut from 
their woods, who drive a modest compact pickup truck, who live in our area 
of very low property taxes, who keep very careful records of every 
expenditure, who have the most detailed budget--how much cash they need 
each month for those things that only cash can cover. Their number is $960.

How are you planning for your retirement years?