The shutdown could in theory last to 2027.
Because unlike past shutdowns, there’s no debt ceiling to scare financial markets.
Nobody needs a deal.
If that miracle happens, “non-essential” layoffs are permanent. And we start paying down national debt by the trillions.
Peter St Onge, Ph.D.
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