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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Gene , I have of late been reading some of the harder core sites where people 
are into 'survivalism" (Me, personally, I don't want to live that way, if it 
can be avoided).  One thing of which people are usually reminded is to spend 
their resources to buy food, tools, seeds, etc; just as you suggested; before 
they start spending money on 'extra' firearms, ammunitions, magazines, etc, 
that would be used as barter goods.

  I am not a gold bug, but gold bugs (and many mainstream economists) view 
gold as a currency, in its own right, not  just a means of barter.  So, once 
again, buy necessities , first ......bobford


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--- On Sun, 11/9/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

I personally
> think that too  
> much emphasis is placed on barter goods such as ammunition,
> alcoholic  
> beverages, gold and silver.
> 
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