Threatening us with a VERY GOOD time!??!?!?!?!?!?

The US healthcare system is used to bleed the working class dry.

Unless you die very suddenly, end of life care ensures that there is no generational wealth passed down. Only debt.

It is a bottomless cash cow for the 1%.

"Give me all your money or die"

That is why Wall St bought the system.

You're assuming that the 2026 election won't be so rigged (martial law, DoJ shenanigans to prevent Dems from even running) that the GOP won't "win" super-majorities at every level of government.

headlights stop working?

The shutdown was always part of the plan.

The goal is to dismantle the federal government.

Don't be surprised if it lasts at least through the end of the year.

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In addition, if the House stays closed until the end of the year, the motion to release the Epstein files dies.

We should also keep an eye out for using the shutdown as an excuse to privatize positions such as air traffic controllers.

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Most likely, right after they vote for a poison pill laden CR, Johnson will send the House home again.

The goal is to keep the government shut and run out the clock on Vought's personnel cuts being declared moot in court due to too much time passing.

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Keep the House out until November, in order to crash the ACA marketplace, making it non-viable.

Then, next year they will pass their "better than nothing" healthcare plan of repealing the ACA and "let insurers sell (junk) policies across state lines".

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They now need to pass a new CR in the House, which will be laden with poison pills, so that they can continue to blame Dems for the shutdown.

Everything is going exactly according to the GOP plan.

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Between defunding the Dems and martial law, the GOP will win super-majorities at all levels of government.

Then they can just rewrite the constitution at will.

A permanent GOP rule. That is why Congress and SCOTUS go along with whatever Trump wants.

Welcome to russia 2.0!!

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There is also the backup plan.

Go after the party, every PAC, and 501-c organization under the premise of "support for antifa terrorism".

There will be widespread protests/riots as a result. Which gives them the excuse to declare martial law and reinforces their "antifa terrorist" claims.

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Sure, the courts will likely eventually throw the case out, but by the time they do, it will be way past too late.

The election will likely already be over and more importantly, they will have already had to fire everybody and people will have found new jobs.

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Also against the DNC and every state and local Dem party organization.

Then use that case to freeze every Dem bank account.

Effectively bankrupting the party out of existence.

No money = no campaign, no ads, no staff, no rallies

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