Do you have an escape plan like this?
I have to wonder if that floorplan is legit. They've allocated a lot of space to "living" areas, when what you need is a large storage area for food and water - the average person is going to burn 2500 calories and a gallon of water per day. The other thing not mentioned is the energy source...
Ginsburg said that much when she announced she'd move out of the USA should Trump be elected.
Unfortunately she is still here.
The problem with places like this is that they may look like paradise now but once all these lefties move there it'll be just another CA or CT.
Regarding energy, it seems like they could buys a supply of fuel to last some time. What would be awesome is a low-power nuclear reactor. I keep hearing we're close to having them. They produce enough energy for a few houses and are not hard to maintain. They could put their escape place in a remote area no one cares about. It's way easier than sending people to live in space.
Too bad it's not socialist-free. The CA socialists from the Bay area will feel right at home lording their elitism over all the lower classless kiwis - until the locals get pissed and discover the property must be returned to the Māori.
So it’s pay me now or pay me later. Politicians never want to pay now and give up re election. So they kick the can down the road. Therefore I think that an apocalyptic economic event will be sprung on us when the fiscal tricks the establishment plays stop working
So Iits looking like we are in for a rough ride where a lot of wealth simply disappears from the financial system. (It’s really gone already, but that is hidden by borrowing and the Fed)
But not only is there incentive to party now and pay later, mini-crises are actually beneficial to politicians who can do things they otherwise couldn't if we did the boring approach of addressing the problems responsibly ahead of time. Rahm Emmanuel said that explicitly.
1. Recessions and expansions are normal stages in the economic cycle, but I completely agree that it's politically impossible to call for something that resolves a long-term problem but is unpleasant for several quarters, esp if it puts politicians out of work.
2. You don't actually have to freeze the reduced budget. The economy grows each year. If you freeze spending, meaning decreased per capita spending goes down, the problem resolves itself slowly. Of course some people see even decreasing the rate of spending growth as draconian "cuts". Any solution is politically difficult to execute, even though the actual problem is simple.
I agree, none of this is going to be voted in by politicians.
There is only a crash of some sort to look forward to when they cant kick the can down the road any further.
It doesn't have to be either dramatic cutbacks or massive deficits. We could have just frozen spending. We keep increasing it, regardless of whether it' Bush, Obama, or Trump. If we froze spending the problem would resolve without drama. But I completely agree with you that we'll only address it in a dramatic mini-crisis.
My guess is politicians will enact modest service cuts and tax increases and the Fed will assist with loose policy (with higher inflation) once the crisis materializes, avoiding a dramatic cataclysm. This is just a guess.
Be aware of the active volcanoes and earthquakes on the south island before you settle there. Underground bunker could be your last resting place.
But I returned and lived in NZ for about 2 years in 2010-2012. Some things better, but still not enough free market thinking for me.
You are correct, not enough food storage, one bedroom has no closet and notice, only two can eat at the table at one time...a whole lot more thought and planning needs to be done but aside from that, it's a start.
The assumption though is that some assemblence of civilization will still exist. Some of the disaster scenarios suggest that it won't.
We are already doomed by our age.
I can also hunt deer and turkey with a shotgun.
Can't afford to do much else.
Have a lot of ammo. Problematic is eventually running out of bang-bangs.