[Bloody Sam Roberts]

•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
•Shuttered parks and museums while overstressed airports cause tourism to tank
•Federal court system slows to a crawl
•Disaster relief money doesn't get to storm-ravaged areas
•Lapsed FDA and EPA inspections lead to dangerous outbreaks
•Private companies looking to go public are stuck in limbo
•Stock market plummets

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

•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
•Shuttered parks and museums while overstressed airports cause tourism to tank
•Federal court system slows to a crawl
•Disaster relief money doesn't get to storm-ravaged areas
•Lapsed FDA and EPA inspections lead to dangerous outbreaks •Private companies looking to go public are stuck in limbo
•Stock market plummets

What I would really like to see is the states step up and do the things on this lost that they should have been doing for the last hundred years. They can run airports, parks and courts. Also, they can take care of disasters, as they occur, and do food inspections.