You really are screwed aren't you? The first thing you think of is the horror of repealing seatbelt laws, now you're saying that humans can't go on after a natural disaster without FEMA?
You're truly an example of how beaten down and perverted the American spirit has become. Sorry to tell you that.
Wrap yourself in a fluffy blanket, take some happy pills and curl up for an exciting episode of friends. That's about all you're useful for at this point, pure dead weight.
Hey, listen, I'm not the one yearning for an Idahoan Utopia, it's folks like you. I was simply trying to illustrate the problems that arise from making so radical a change from what currently exists. If you guys can pull it off, more power to you, but you have yet to offer any real-world solutions to very real scenarios your Free State Idaho is likely to encounter. You're worse than the Democrats at articulating problems but failing to offer feasible solutions. Since you think what we've got is so f**ked up, then it's up to you, not me, to offer an alternative. So OK, Smartass, here's your chance to think practically:
You live in Free State Idaho. Your legislative infiltrators have sucessfully repealed state income tax and shun all federal assistance (because of the tyrannical strings attached). All farming is unsubsidized. Auto and medical insurance is strictly optional. Ten years from now, a natural disaster (severe drought, a chemically resistant potato blight, floods, what have you) threatens the bulk of the state's potato crop for the year. What systems and resources do you have in place to protect the state's economy for the short-term and the long-term? Consider all the problems resulting from one bad potato year, such as bankruptcy and foreclosures for farmers, unemployment of workers related to potato farming, transport, processing, etc. Don't forget to consider all the ramifications of unsubsidized farmers competing with farmers in other states who are subsidized. Consider whether or not your Free State has the Constitutional authority to refuse farm subsidies or prevent subsidies for farmers in your state who wish to receive them. Don't forget to consider all Constitutional authority given to Congress and to the various states. Remember to detail where and how Idaho obtains revenue, absent state income tax and federal aid. Explain in detail if and how Idaho could exempt its residents from Federal income tax, Social Security taxes, Medicare/Medicaid taxes, etc. while remaining within the bounds of the Constitution.
FWIW, I'm not so much interested in the details of your plans, as I am in knowing whether or not you even have a plan...one that actually works.