Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

[Higgenbotham]

Escape velocity will not be viable for the majority...Tainter and Dimond stated one day it just simply ceased.

The Roman soldiers were at Hadrian's Wall and one day walked away when they didn't get paid.

In 401 or 402 Stilicho faced wars with the Visigothic king Alaric and the Ostrogothic king Radagaisus. Needing military manpower, he stripped Hadrian's Wall of troops for the final time. 402 is the last date of any Roman coinage found in large numbers in Britain, suggesting either that Stilicho also stripped the remaining troops from Britain, or that the Empire could no longer afford to pay the troops who were still there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_Rom ... in_Britain

The scenario that virtually nobody is prepared for is one day the grocery shelves go empty never to be restocked again.

https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comme ... are_button

The post I'm pointing to will be highlighted in yellow.

I'm a US "government insider"...FWIW, famine in the US is not on our radar anytime soon... at least not from a food availability standpoint.

It'll be difficult enough under the slow wasting scenario.

[Higgenbotham]

Manipulation and fraud are the biggest businesses in America today, and waddling up to the window for a bailout is the most in-demand job skill in America today.

One way for someone to wrap their head around just how big manipulation and fraud are in this economy is to read what the Austrian economists have to say. Before moving onto other discussion about manipulation and fraud, I will find the most relevant quotes from the Austrians that I am able to.