Well, if they're really going to get rid of cash, there's all kinds of abuse possible, or even just trouble from glitches. Banks will be able to charge transaction fees galore, and your money could possibly become inaccessible or frozen if the government doesn't like you (a la Wikileaks' Paypal account. Hey, it already happens!).
I suppose local trading "currencies" could crop up, but if they make those illegal too we'll be reduced to swapping services or groceries with each other.
Re. swapping groceries: That so-called food safety bill, SB510, makes that practically illegal, too. If you're bartering home grown tomatoes or culinary herbs, then in their eyes you're operating a small farm and that makes you subject to a lot of onerous regulation. Some folks think this bill would make even HAVING a backyard vegetable garden illegal, depending on how they interpret it. (I'm still planting my garden. Also there's a lot of non-"crop" stealth foods you can grow that are quite good for you.)
Perhaps getting some gold would be a good idea right about now. Not a whole lot, because it's better to invest in things you can actually use. You can't eat gold.
I don't like the "gold certificate" idea. Especially if it's electronic. It makes me think it would disappear on you the way your money could if it were all electronic. I also think that owning big bars of gold is dumb, because how does someone make change for that? (I guess you can saw off a chunk). No, I think getting gold jewelry from a pawn shop or estate auction is a decent idea, because it's already in a form that people will want to trade for.
You could also learn how to make jewelry. Then if the gold in bar form is cheaper per ounce than the gold from jewelry you buy in the above places, you'll be able to save on gold and add value to it. Maybe even sell/barter it for twice what the meltdown price is. There's lots of books in the library on how to make jewelry.
And how to get all your gold out of the country, for all you rich folks who follow my poor-people-survival blog? Well, get a nice boat like in the movie "Heist" and make the gold into "brass" hardware on the boat. You could even paint it. But I'd say, if you can stay home, do that. Anywhere else, you'd be a stranger.
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