The Top 50 Excuses For Not PreppingMichael Snyder, Contributor We have become incredibly dependent on technology and we have become incredibly dependent on our economic system. If a major natural disaster, a killer pandemic, an EMPattack or the imposition of martial law caused a significant transportation disruption, America would literally change overnight. We live during a time of tremendous global instability, and yet most people still see no need to start prepping at all. Most people just continue to have blind faith in our leaders and in our system. But what happens if our leaders fail us? What happens if our system collapses? What are they going to do then? The number of preppers in the United States today is steadily increasing, but the vast majority of people out there still see no reason to start getting ready for the end of the world as we know it. Most people just assume that things will always somehow get better or that they will somehow be immune to whatever calamities are heading our way. Most people always seem to have a good excuse for why they do not need to prepare. 1. The U.S. Economy Is The Greatest Economy On The Planet There Is No Way That It Could Ever Collapse 2. Once Barack Obama Wins The Election Everything Will Be Better 3. Once Mitt Romney Wins The Election Everything Will Be Better 4. When Things Get Really Bad The Government Will Take Care Of Us 5. When Disaster Strikes I Will Just Steal From Everyone Else That Has Been Busy Preparing 6. The Rapture Will Be At Any Moment So I Dont Have To Worry About Prepping 7. The Economy Has Always Recovered After Every Recession In The Past And This Time Will Be No Different 8. The People That Are Running Things Are Very Highly Educated And They Know Exactly What They Are Doing 9. Wal-Mart Will Always Be There 10. Our Politicians Are Watching Out For Our Best Interests 11. The 2012 Apocalypse Is Almost Here And We Are All Doomed Anyway So Why Even Try? 12. Preppers Do Not Have A Positive Mental Attitude 13. If An Economic Collapse Comes I Will Just Go On Welfare 14. There Are Some Things You Just Cant Prepare For 15. Prepping Is Too Expensive 16. We Are Not Like Other Countries U.S. Cities Are Designed To Withstand Major Earthquakes 17. I Need To Save Up For Retirement Instead 18. The Stock Market Has Been Soaring So Why Worry? 19. I Dont Have Room To Store Anything 20. Prepping Is For Crazy People 21. I Dont Believe In Conspiracy Theories 22. All The Food I Store Is Going To Go Bad 23. I Would Rather Spend My Time Watching American Idol 24. All The People Who Freaked Out About Y2K Look Really Foolish Now, Dont They? 25. I Dont Want To Look Like Those Idiots On Doomsday Preppers' 26. An EMP Attack Could Never Happen 27. There Will Never Be A Nationwide Transportation Disruption In The United States 28. Instead Of Being So Paranoid, I Would Rather Just Enjoy Life 29. If Society Falls Apart I Wouldnt Want To Continue To Live Anyway 30. There Will Never Be Another World War 31. Im Too Lazy To Grow A Garden 32. If You Assume The Worst Is Going To Happen Then You Dont Believe In America 33. Deficits Dont Matter 34. Ill Always Be Able To Get A Job In My Field 35. If There Is A Financial Collapse All Of My Debts Will Be Wiped Out So I Might As Well Live It Up Now 36. If Things Hit The Fan I Will Just Go Move In With My Relatives Who Have Been Busy Prepping 37. Those That Believe That There Will Be Massive Riots In American Cities Someday Are Just Being Delusional 38. My Spouse Would Think That I Have Finally Lost It 39. I Dont Know Where To Start 40. Ill Just Deal With Problems As They Arrive 41. I Dont Have To Prepare For A Natural Disaster That Is What FEMA Is For 42. Well Never See Martial Law In The United States 43. I Dont Want To Scare My Children 44. Once I Get Rid Of All My Debt Then I Will Start Thinking About Prepping 45. My Relatives Already Think That I Am A Nut Job I Dont Need To Make It Any Worse 46. If People At Work Find Out That I Am Prepping It Could Hurt My Career 47. If There Really Was A Good Reason To Prepare They Would Tell Us About It On The News 48. People Have Been Predicting Doom And Gloom For Years And It Hasnt Happened Yet 49. The United States Is The Greatest Nation On Earth There Is No Way That It Could Collapse 50. I Dont Plan On Becoming A Card Carrying Member Of The Tin Foil Hat Brigade This article first appeared here at the American Dream. Michael Snyder is a writer, speaker and activist who writes and edits his own blogs The American Dream and Economic Collapse Blog. Follow him on Twitter here. linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 