Sorry if thia type of question isn’t allowed, I tried on AskPolitics as well but that comm looks mega dead so I’m x-posting here
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Forgive me if I’m woefully misunderstanding how this all works.
If the government is shut down, and they can’t reach an agreement to open it back up, what happens?
Short term? What does it look like in the coming weeks to months if no agreement is reached?
Mid-Term? Within the next year, if things are still all shut down, what happens to things like trade, tax payments, public services?
Long-term? If, worst case scenario, the divisions between the parties with power have grown so though they can’t ever reach an agreement: what happens then? Is it an anarchist state? Do we have new coup attempts to take power? Does the US balkanize?
I’m not meaning to inject any sort of bias in my line of questions, I hope I haven’t led anyone to any specific conclusions.
You could ask your state/cities (those with income taxes like NYC) to undertake a federal tax strike where all taxes are owed to local jurisdiction, and all payroll exemptions are directed to the local jurisdiction.
That’s a great idea. Regarding local jurisdiction, is that something tbatvahould be suggested to a mayor or to local representatives to the state?
A tax strike is safer if done individually, rather than under command from someone with a return address. US federation must collapse if its only mandate is to serve Israel/oligarchs with only gaslighting of people’s interests.
But, shutdown, unfair project funding redistribution, military occupation, illegal busification of brown people, tariffs meant to make products expensive, not paying SNAP/health assistance, exposing your citizens to terrorism for baseless demonic warmongering policy are all breaches of “States rights” and centralized federation’s obligations to members.
It is more democratic for jurisdictions to negotiate how much tribute they give to Federation, because without a balance of benefits returned for their contributions, fascist oligarchist oppression supported by parasitic populist haters clearly results. When politics are so divisive, divorce is better than fascism, or perceived fascism when other side gets power. A tax strike is first move towards secession, But tribute paid by cities/states for non aggression is a fairer tax system than what we have now. Pay for the programs you want either at the state level or through an association of states.