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Opinion | A Surprising Share of Americans Wants to Break Up the Country. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.
Politico.com ^ | 10/06/2021 | RICH LOWRY

Posted on 05/21/2023 8:46:48 PM PDT by Pol-92064

Divorce usually isn’t a good idea, and that’s especially true of a nearly 250-year-old continental nation.

The notion of a national breakup has long simmered as a fringe argument, but it is increasingly popular in certain precincts of the political right and has gained at least some traction with partisans of both sides. A recent survey by the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia found that about 50 percent of Donald Trump voters and 40 percent of Joe Biden voters agreed to some extent with the proposition that the country should split up, with either red or blue states seceding.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: dissolution; lowry; richlowry; splitup
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To: Responsibility2nd

We are not a nation anymore. So the idea of idea of mutual relocations to weed out political differences might be something to consider. A mutual defense pct like NATO might work. Wipe out the national debt with muti-trillion palladium coins. States can keep or delete federal programs. Social security- ???

Deo vindice


41 posted on 05/22/2023 4:12:28 AM PDT by NTHockey (My rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: VetoBill

Breaking up the country isn’t possible.
One side has to win.

Well, for all practical purposes, the left has won. It seems our side is good at pointing out the evils of the left, but not much happens when it comes to pushing back against it.
For instance, one issue that needs major pushback is the climate cult, yet there are mostly crickets from our side while they are banning gas stoves and very soon the internal combustion engine.


42 posted on 05/22/2023 6:50:47 AM PDT by hdbc (FJB)
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To: Pol-92064

I pray for this to happen almost every day. I am tired of the woke socialist elements in this country helping tear it up for all of us. Let the Red States go!


43 posted on 05/22/2023 4:42:38 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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