The 'doomsday' scenario: Here's what happens if the shutdown drags on

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The country would face an economic hellscape if the government shutdown lasts "months or even years," as the president has suggested it might, experts tell NBC News.

The doomsday scenario might be unlikely — the longest the federal government has ever shut down is 21 days, a record that will fall if the current closure lasts until Saturday — but it is chilling.

"We'll be in no man's land," Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, told NBC News.

If the worst were to happen, experts say the devastating impact would be widespread:

38 million low-income Americans lose food stamps

6 million face an uncertain timetable for collecting tax refunds

2 million without rental assistance and facing possible eviction

800,000 paycheck-less federal employees plunged into dire financial straits

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-doomsday-scenario-heres-what-happens-if-the-shutdown-drags-on/ar-BBS3i6P?li=BBnb7Kz

[Renew Deal]

1. How many people quit for jobs that actually play?

[BumRushDaShow]

2. It's not just that.

There are literally tens of thousands of little businesses that rely on those government workers who pass by their coffee shops, stores, restaurants or food trucks/carts every single day, to help bolster their bottom lines. That's all gone now.

[C_U_L8R]

3. It will become known as the Putin Gambit.

Lord help us all.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

4. that would be a whole lot of people available to take to the streets...........

here's hoping.

[CincyDem]

5. We'll see the Grover Norquist effect...

...what happens throughout the country when the government has effectively been drowned in the bathtub...or in this case shot in the middle of Fifth Avenue.

[Bradshaw3]

6. We can list millions of people that are going to be hurt

And dump won't give a good god damn about a single one of them. Democrats do, which may be why the piece of shit is hoping he can "win."

[dlk]

7. If Unpaid Air Traffic Controllers & TSA Workers Start Leaving Their Jobs, Flights Will be Grounded

[Arazi]

10. I believe they are the key to ending this shutdown. They need to walk now

Congress members need to get out of town regularly. Cut that off and a deal will be reached very quickly

[standingtall]

8. If we get to that point Democrats should not make any deal

to ensure tax refunds are going out without reopening the entire government. Once more than just federal workers feel this republicans are going to be in trouble. Once the effects of this shutdown are being felt by everyone either repukes reopen government via veto proof majority or take the blame for it along with Trump.

[MyOwnPeace]

9. Correct!

We cannot allow IQ45 to selectively take pressure off of those that are feeling the most pain just to buy him more time.
This is what he has done regarding his tariff mistakes - farmers got "special dividends" because they were "hurting" (anybody else hurting? F-U!).
Allowing them to move quickly to cover "hot spots" that pose potential problems to their blackmail would/should prolong the overall purpose of insisting on negotiating - let's fix it for ALL right now!

If you choose not to fix it - you own it!!