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Better to not have a functioning government than to have this government.
Bingo.
Better to entirely stop relying on the federal government and focus on state government.
100x this.
I want the answer to be mass organizing with a view towards a nationwide general strike to bring this regime to its knees. That's clearly not happening. Not when we need sustained pressure through protests to even get started on that. We've had almost a year now to prep, and the results are barely a start towards that.
So Plan B: soft secession. Blue states stop sending money to the federal government. Even promise to the citizens of those states that they don't owe federal income taxes, and prevent the IRS from enforcing anything. States will probably have to raise their own taxes to make up for certain things.
Then start building agreements between states for things like healthcare and transportation. If the Supreme Court says those agreements are unconstitutional, tell them to fuck off.
At this point I'm rooting for the collapse of the federal government. Every state has to fend for itself or make alliances with other states.
Blue states will be fine on their own, but would very likely form alliances, securing their welfare.
Red states will fail and die.
Sounds great to me.
As of right now blue states are in an abusive relationship with the federal government and red states and we'd be better off without them.
Buy your guns and ammo now folks
If the government shuts down there will be general strikes and the military will start shooting protesters.
Don't let it be a one sided battle.
Holy abusive relationships, Batman! Are they really getting set to hit us and say “look what you made me do”?
Because mass firings worked so well the last time
Yup. Let's remind Republican voters, again, how important Federal agencies are. This is like me telling my son he doesn't get dinner because the kitchen didn't cook my steak exactly how I like it.
Let’s fire all the air traffic controllers too. Reagan was definitely onto something
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Seems Trump wants to own this shutdown rather than blaming it on Democrats.
No, he'll blame the firings on the Democrats too.
Lol no, it will always be someone else' fault. But I think he's assuming the democrats see the writing on the wall, and allowing (another) shutdown to happen under trump's watch is their least bad option. I expect he'll make full use of the crisis, nothing would surprise me at this point...
I think this would all but guarantee Democrats supporting gov't funding to avoid shutdown. Even if doing the opposite might be the better move long-term.
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