Many people are worried about the economy and the near future. They are afraid of economic collapse the world over and that there will be a scarcity of food. Many people are looking up to buying and storing food. There have been some priests, well known and respected on EWTN that do talk about hard days coming. I understand all that and my trust is in Our Lord which they say is what we should do and pray, pray, pray.

In the past there have been some cloistered nuns that have said they were starting to store up food and water. I am retired and am receiving SS, withdrawing a bit from an IRA, which unfortunately has taken a downturn, and have a part time job. My wife also has a part time job. I want to be able to pay off my debts and not have to worry about my IRA and live only on my SS and our part time jobs.

Many feel that because of an economic collapse, even our SS benefits will be gone, many jobs will vanish or cut back, the money in our banks and IRA's will vanish (so we should withdraw as much money from banks and keep it in a safe place) and food cost is going to skyrocket so we are told that we should start storing food. Do you think it’s prudent to join them and start buying and storing food? I feel that in some respects, the ones that are raking in the money making it are the ones like the site above selling packaged food. I feel there is too much doom and gloom being spread around and people are panicking. That's one reason people are predicting a collapse because of panic.

Your thoughts please.
Thanks and God Bless