If you're buying consumer goods with your money and stocking up then you can hedge this though. Consumer goods, guns/ammo, and gold.
Guns & Ammo? As an investment or as protection when the government collapses?

Um...YES! Actually, prices on guns/ammo have been going up for almost a year now, in anticipation of Obama being elected, since it is feared he will institute tougher gun restrictions. And when things get bad people get scared in general, and guns are one manifestation of them acting on this fear.
BUY GOLD!!!
Maybe we should kill two birds with one stone and buy golden guns?