[Source.](https://instapundit.substack.com/p/debt-doom-is-coming) > Debt doom is coming, everyone knows it, no one is doing anything about it. ------------------------ > States can do a lot of things when the federal government is rendered largely helpless. In a limited way, activist governors like Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott have demonstrated some of that. If I were preparing my state for federal collapse, I’d make sure its debt was manageable and its credit good, invest its “rainy day fund” in things that would still be valuable when treasuries weren’t, and build up my State Guard, state police, and other state resources so that they could pick up some of the slack when the feds fell down. I’d also start boosting my state’s independence in terms of resources and food supplies as much as possible. Also, stockpiles of essential medical supplies and other goods, mutual aid agreements with neighboring states, emergency communications systems independent of federal networks, plans to temporarily pay unpaid federal workers, or find them alternative employment, and more.