What do you know about "survival" ?

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What would you do if America (or any other nation), went into a very deep and severe depression, somewhere in the near future? Would any of us be able to get through it? I think we as a nation are far too confident in our elected officials a.k.a. "government," to TAKE CARE OF US. Talk about creating a NEW JOB - people who are skilled in survival techniques, teaching classes within our cities to help people know what to do and what to prepare, so that they'd not be overcome by panic. I did read somewhere, that it might be something to at least think about. Obviously the folks that got us into this financial mess, will NOT have learned their lessons on the consequences of selfishness, greed, and scheming, so it's very possible that a repeat performance could dome down the road. Maybe some of the folks here should weigh in on what they know about survival techniques. I'm sure that our ex-soldiers (and current ones), know about this, and probably many of our hunting and fishing folks - and of course our wonderful Native Americans as well. I am seriously considering starting a list of things that one might need to get through about a 6 month - 1 yr. time frame. What are your thoughts, and what if all of our financial instutions went BUST, including the banks, the welfare system, and the Soc. Sec. system? What makes us think that this could NEVER happen here?