A Maria Antoinette moment

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Wilbur Ross, a billionaire and the current Commerce Secretary, doesn't understand why federal workers who don't get paid can't get a loan from a bank.

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[(Anonymous)]

Well, I do have, probably, enough food in my pantry for the family to live for a month, but I am low on paper cash - wouldn't survive even a week with my cards/accounts cut off. And I would not have enough drinking water (may be, 30 liters, plus some mineral water, but would not get us through even a week). At least, heating is not a problem here :) I am not even talking about a possibility of an earthquake, in which all that pantry is left in rubble. And I live in the city where there was a gas shortage just last week (I actually went out an bought some canned food). I have considered taking out more cash (should do it, really) - but I have been robbed so many times in my life, I am scared to have much.

(Successful) immigrants are better survivors for the threats they personally have faced and only for those (I am stressing the word successful, as you are, certainly, dealing not so much with training than with selection bias - the worse survivors do not get to tell stories about their migration). In any case, the fact is, suppose tomorrow your president announces that he is planning to "renegotiate" the treasuries (something he mentioned in the past, but nobody took him seriously) and the banking system/trade consequently lock up. Would your precautions be sufficient? For how long?