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Is a Divorce a plausible remedy?
DefiantMassRINO:
We already tried that twice ... The Articles of Confederation and the US Civil War ... GOP just loves repeating history's failures.
Loosing is a bad habit that feeds upon itself. GOP needs to go to rehab for loosing.
Polly Ticks:
--- Quote from: Timber Rattler on February 21, 2023, 01:21:18 pm ---In reality, here is what such a divorce would look like...
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Ugh. I'm definitely going to have to move closer to @txradioguy if that's the way it works out.
DefiantMassRINO:
Data to consider:
States Most Dependent on the Federal Government – 2022 Edition
https://smartasset.com/data-studies/states-most-dependent-on-the-federal-government-2022
Return on Statehood: How Much Value Every State Gets from the Federal Government
https://www.moneygeek.com/living/states-most-reliant-federal-government/
Most & Least Federally Dependent States
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700
Most Federally Dependent States – A Complete Rundown
https://balancingeverything.com/most-federally-dependent-states/
Which States Pay The Most Federal Taxes?
https://www.moneyrates.com/research-center/federal-income-taxes-by-state.htm
States Most Dependent on the Federal Government – 2022 Edition
https://www.yahoo.com/now/states-most-dependent-federal-government-110024610.html
Where States Get Their Money - FY 2020
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/data-visualizations/2022/where-states-get-their-money-fy-2020
massadvj:
--- Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on February 21, 2023, 02:57:49 pm ---Data to consider:
States Most Dependent on the Federal Government – 2022 Edition
https://smartasset.com/data-studies/states-most-dependent-on-the-federal-government-2022
Return on Statehood: How Much Value Every State Gets from the Federal Government
https://www.moneygeek.com/living/states-most-reliant-federal-government/
Most & Least Federally Dependent States
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700
Most Federally Dependent States – A Complete Rundown
https://balancingeverything.com/most-federally-dependent-states/
Which States Pay The Most Federal Taxes?
https://www.moneyrates.com/research-center/federal-income-taxes-by-state.htm
States Most Dependent on the Federal Government – 2022 Edition
https://www.yahoo.com/now/states-most-dependent-federal-government-110024610.html
Where States Get Their Money - FY 2020
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/data-visualizations/2022/where-states-get-their-money-fy-2020
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Very interesting data. It goes to show that we are all corrupted by the leviathan to such an extent that it cannot be cast off. It is what the leviathan counts on.
corbe:
We Don’t Need A ‘National Divorce,’ We Need More Federalism
BY: DAVID HARSANYI
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Caning of Charles Sumner
IMAGE CREDIT
WIKIPEDIA/JOHN L. MAGEE
Get real.
Marjorie Taylor Greene says the country needs a national divorce. “We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government,” she tweeted. “Everyone I talk to says this. From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are done.”
Generally speaking, I’m sympathetic to the idea that the political left is congenitally unable to accept a truly diverse nation. Virtually every legislative policy proposal from modern Democrats — and every policy issued by edict — strengthens federal power and economic control over states. Modern Democrats are champions of direct democracy, in an effort to undercut the choices of local communities and individuals. When they don’t get their way, the permanent D.C. bureaucracy steps in to circumvent the will of states. And when courts stop them, Democrats delegitimize and work to weaken the judiciary. This week, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., argued states should simply disregard the Supreme Court when they don’t agree with a decision. Ignoring the division of power is far more likely to cause a national schism than any Greene tweet.
None of that means a “national divorce” — really succession, since other states are unlikely to concede to a split — isn’t a reckless thing for someone who took a vow to defend the Constitution to advocate. Even if we took a moment to seriously contemplate the idea, how would it be achieved? We aren’t separated ideologically into large geographic regions or even states, but rather urban, suburban, and rural areas. Conservatives like to share that map showing virtually the entire country painted in electoral red — and it matters more than Democrats like to admit. But we can’t discount that density also matters. A “national divorce” would create even smaller minorities and divisions, but little difference in the way of policy. (How are the Greenes going to shrink the government when they won’t even reform entitlements?)
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https://thefederalist.com/2023/02/21/we-dont-need-a-national-divorce-we-need-more-federalism/
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