Posted on 08/03/2017 12:41:18 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
They would become a state of Mexico.
The United States would tip over???
Think Ukraine and Russia.
Only liberals would be left to support that regime. But then, wasn’t there something that happened during Lincoln’s presidency regarding some states?
East Korea
If California as it currently stands somehow manages to secede, they’ll lose nearly all inland and northern counties which will in turn secede from California to rejoin the US instead. Same thing happened in Virginia in the Civil War, which is why we now have West Virginia, so there is precedent.
I don’t think it would be the whole state. Big pieces would remain in the Union. LA, Stank Francesspool, and most of the South would go ... and good riddance.
How much money will we save?
Removal of all military bases?
This is a dangerously stupid idea.
IF the proposed result actually does occur, how easy would it be for a wealthy and elite Mexican drug cartel, or ISIS base, or even a conglomerate of MS13 and the elites, ala The Rolling Stones concert at Altamont with the Hell's Angels as "law enforcement" .. ???
Californian legislators have gravely proven their inability to think and act like mature adults in an American society.
I don't know the answer, but this is stupid.
This Calexit stuff is funny. Its thrown out there without any analysis of the real challenges, like:
- The U.S. would likely withdraw their military bases, a huge economic impact.
- California has unsustainable debt which the U.S. will no longer protect or guarantee.
- Most large corporations there are U.S. based, with the bulk of their business sales and operations in the rest of the states. Many of those companies would have to relocate to the U.S. or face additional tax and import burdens.
- The numbers of poor and socially-supported people are unsustainable.
- They dont have enough power to support their state/country, nor the resources to make it.
- The dont have enough water to support their state/country, nor the resources to draw it.
- The population is engaging in their own Calexit, by moving in vast numbers out of the state. These are productive middle class citizens and fed-up wealthy folks. The exodus in unsustainable and would require California to open their borders to immigration even more, creating an even greater burden on their social systems.
These are serious gaps in their plans, which dont seem to rise to the level of discussion, even in these silly interviews. Calexit would be a disaster for California, and would be an amusing collapse to watch.
To paraphrase an old Groucho Marx line, “Outside of the improvement, no one will miss them”.
It seems California would need to pay their share of the national debt as it exits. That would be up to 12% based on percentage of population. 12% of 20 trillion is 2.4 trillion.
The democraps would never win a national election.
let the state of Jefferson replace the leftist denizens of the western half of the state
“What Would Really Happen If California Seceded?”
It would quickly become a Venezuela within our borders.
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