It would take a major tax revolt to defund the feds. They would be forced to shut down within no time but it would take a very large number to have an impact. Thats how you kill tyrrany. Soldiers and government employees won’t be loyal to an employer that doesn’t pay them for very long.
That’s it.
States could assist in that tax revolt and benefit themselves in the process, by halting direct payment of taxes to the Federal Government by residents earning money within their individual borders. It strikes me as really dumb to allow money earned within a state using State infrastructure and state business climate, to escape directly to the fed without first going through the State Dept of Revenue where what is necessary for operating the state is not first removed before any money is sent to DEE CEE.
This would require states to halt businesses withholding tax moneies and folks would then pay their federal tax liability on at least a quartely but more like monthly basis to the State Dept of Revenue. A sure way to enlighten the masses on just what is being stolen from their pockets on a daily basis. Think of the jobs program in just the State Department of Revenue on compliance. Think of states no longer subsidizing other states.
...and best of all, the unending Revenue Stream to DEE CEE would be halted, except for the ten to twenty percent of what the states collect that could be sent to DEE CEE. End of Federal Blackmail, end of carrot and stick, end of spending like the drunken sailor, end of tyranny of the purse.