Ah, the old "United States of Canada"/"Jesusland" map made flesh. Can see the working behind it but can't see it in practice; the likes of Rand Paul, Rich Lott and Christine O'Donnell could barely run a bath, let alone a country.
Also, the confederacy was a shitload more organized than the Tea Party people are today and they couldn't pull a split off.
The tea party people will face similar problems as the confederates. Manufacturing is still centered around the liberal sections of the country, which means that they have the ability to manufacture weapons in far greater numbers than the people who would like to not be a part of "Liberal Washington."
Agricultural states versus industrial states is a losing war for the agristates.
But what if the liberal states evicted the nuts....?
If we let them become a separate country they could charge us import taxes on fruit and vegetables and cotton and other agriproducts that we are used to getting dirt cheap.
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Canada's even colder and less fruit friendly than the Northeast, Mexico would be between us and them and it costs a lot more money to bring fruit and veg across an ocean than to drive it up Highway 9.
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Lots of food comes from California, and most of the grain comes from states that could go either way. The only thing that I see being a major loss is oil.
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The tea party people will face similar problems as the confederates. Manufacturing is still centered around the liberal sections of the country, which means that they have the ability to manufacture weapons in far greater numbers than the people who would like to not be a part of "Liberal Washington."
Agricultural states versus industrial states is a losing war for the agristates.
But what if the liberal states evicted the nuts....?
Re: But what if the liberal states evicted the nuts....?
If we let them become a separate country they could charge us import taxes on fruit and vegetables and cotton and other agriproducts that we are used to getting dirt cheap.
Re: But what if the liberal states evicted the nuts....?
Re: But what if the liberal states evicted the nuts....?
Canada's even colder and less fruit friendly than the Northeast, Mexico would be between us and them and it costs a lot more money to bring fruit and veg across an ocean than to drive it up Highway 9.
Re: But what if the liberal states evicted the nuts....?