The longer the government is shut down, the longer the country has to live without it. We lived two years without essential human interactions and found a way to live on, we can do the same without the federal government. We already have layers and layers of government before you even get to the federal layer. We don't need them to print any more of their Weimar notes, we have alternate and far better systems in place. Its time for civilization to grow up and shed the bonds of oligarical klepto-totalitarianism.