“You have to get all states along the mississippi river, otherwise trade can still move up and down it. There is an enormous amount of trade that goes up and down this river”
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That shouldn’t be a problem. Except for MN,IA,IL,WI all other
states on the Mississippi are Red. LA is big time Red. So if
you want to shut down the Mississippi a trade route to the
sea, it can be done.
Not only to th sea, 40% of all goods sold in the country move up and down that river. It’s a huge percentage of us interstate commerce.