Posted on 06/09/2013 9:34:27 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Libs make sarcastic comments about wishing they could excise conservative counties from their respective states, but in real life they would never allow it because it would reduce their sphere of influence, and they absolutely do not want that to happen. A conservative state derived from - say - eastern Washington - would presumably create two new conservative senators, diluting liberal power.
Didn't some southern states try that some years back? Didn't turn out too well for them if I recall correctly.
I'd vote to fund neither.
The constitution does not prohibit carving a new state out of another state. The constitution says that creating such a state requires the approval of the existing state, and an act of Congress in Washington, to establish such a new state. It’s a tall order to have both of these events happen.
We can think of other states where people might be interested in seeing splits such as this. Upstate New York could split from New York City and environs. Downstate Illinois could split off from Chicago. Just in general, you can imagine the more rural parts of many states wanting to disconnect from the major cities which dominate the legislatures of those states.
The governor has bought the Hispanic vote and expect to stay in office with it. There is little a person can do to stand up for their rights, that’s the way they designed the system.
If a new state was formed would it have the resources to finance a major university, and a Division I football team?
Same situation in Kentucky. Scots Irish Appalachian Mountain people vs. the wealthy plantation and river folk to the west. Kentucky (barely) stayed in the Union. The major reason why the Emancipation Proclamation applied only to States in rebellion (the Confederacy). Otherwise it was feared that all the border slave States would swing.
Agreed. It would be a beautiful thing if public education was done away with and people’s tax dollars were returned to them to buy into their own educational system of choice. I fear that government would no doubt attempt to control curriculums and that the ACLU would attempt to launch a barrage against individual choice in education.
My children will be attending parochial schools. End of story. Thankfully I’m in a financial position where I can do this, and we have a nice school in the area built under a classical Christian model where children are taught to reason and argue as opposed to filling out worksheets all day.
Good point. There is no way that the Democrats in Washington would want to see a new conservative state with 2 GOP senators carved out of rural Colorado.
Tell that to Virginia.
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