The question has been framed in the streets: is a government that impoverishes healthcare and nutrition, flouts the law, enriches its officials, imprisons babies, and kills its citizens worth the money it collects, much less the respect and obedience it demands?
Democrats have nothing to lose by shutting down the government to force the majority party to respond to these questions and the one that looms over all: what, if any, is the political and moral future of the US?
Shut it the fuck down until the weasels in the GOP actually have their arm twisted to engage with empathy. I’d be personally affected by a shutdown, but it’s a sacrifice I’d make for a long time if it means any kind of progress against the fucking fascist pedophile protectors in office.