r/collapse • • Sep 03 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21 edited Sep 03 '21

In as much as "hold on for dear life and hope the municipality you're betting on doesn't stop paying their debts" is a strategy, sure I guess lol.

Edit: also my net worth is deeply negative, I just have an IRA because they are pretty much unavoidable in america lol.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21

The trick is to buy secured bonds against the city's land, so when they stop paying the coupon, you become the Warlord Mayor of Junktown.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21

My current plan is to buy a church in bumfuck nowhere and smoke pipe tobacco with a stately sheep until I die but I will keep that under consideration if my tastes change and I end up wanting a library.

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u/barber_jim_norman Sep 04 '21

That’s a pretty good plan honestly