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Originally Posted by StrongBrush1
Didn't we have a civil war the last time people tried to secede from the union?
I don't think I like where this is going.
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The funny part is that, with the exception of New York and Texas, most of those states receive more funding from the federal government than they pay in to it. So they'd really be shooting themselves in the foot if they tried seceding.
Really, of all the states, I think California would actually do the best job of being independent, despite enormous deficit, simply because a huge portion of industry, agriculture, and trade is located here. And we have the ninth highest GDP in the world. Funnily enough, nobody here seems to want it as much as the states that can't afford it.
You know where Louisiana is? 61. That's well below Mexico and Argentina.