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Prolonged Government Shutdown
I would like to politely point out to Mr. Zandi that Belgium has been without a central government, as of today, for 263 days.
However, as reported on 21 February, 2011 at: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2052843,00.html
"The absence of a government makes little difference to day-to-day life in Belgium. Many state functions, from education to welfare, have already been ceded over the years to regional and community governments. Belgium deftly helmed the presidency of the E.U. in the second half of 2010, and the caretaker government last month headed off market jitters over its debt levels by quickly agreeing on a tighter budget. The country is recovering well from the downturn, with growth last year at 2.1% (compared with the E.U. average of 1.5%), foreign investment doubling and unemployment at 8.5%, well below the E.U. average of 9.4%."
Yes, there are ethnic tensions between the Dutch-speaking citizens in the north, and the French-speaking citizens in the south, and the article laments that "The long standoff over a new coalition has even raised fears of a Czechoslovakia-style split."
Does he actually remember just how the split took place? I would rather doubt it.
As reported here at: http://geography.about.com/library/faq/blqzczechoslovakia.htm
"In 1992 the two internal republics of Czechoslovakia peacefully separated into two countries - the Czech Republic and Slovakia."
And another point: the US economy is already in a deep recession, if not an absolute depression.
The Federal Government is already both morally and fiscally bankrupt, and can never possibly pay down the mountain of debt it has borrowed to pursue its immoral and illegal wars, most recently in Libya.
Ultimately, it may collapse under the weight of this indebtedness, which means that American citizens will be rid of the odious debt into which they have been placed by a Federal government, and a central bank (the Federal Reserve), spending and printing money, respectively, as though they were on steroids.
This cannot continue without consequences, and we are nearly at the tipping point right now.
Nobody needs government, any government -- people can get along without it, and be better off not having to be taxed to support it.
The uselessness of all government(s) has become obvious. They have had their heyday, and now there being phased out, whether they want to be or not. Those that want to continue on with gangster government, can do so, as long as they can figure out how to make it through some other means besides forced taxation -- otherwise they will have to take theie place in line at the local soup kitchen, with rest of the homeless.