4.) Evaluate the consequences of government ceasing to exist: Although many debate that the abolition of the government would bring many positives, it can also bring many negatives. If the government ceased to exist then a variety of things could take place. There would be no federal government to acquire the monetary needs to pay off the Federal debt. Wall Street would cease to exist, and the dollar would be worth nothing. There would be uprisings, chaos, and crime without consequences. The citizens would have a more active role in society since there would be no government to oversee it. The people that would still be wealthy are those that invested in things that cannot lose value such as natural resources like fuel, oil, and coal (to name