I’m not sure why folks are doggin’ your idea. I’m not particularly interested in a boycott. I’m more interested in a full-blown “Two Americas” approach. Let’s just divide the nation into Liberal and Conservative states. We’ll cut it up fair; libs can have Hawaii, we’ll take Alaska. I think the libs can take California (duh!) and Oregon, but we’ll take Washington. Northeast? Definately lib. Southeast, we’ll take that. I’m not sure if the libs would want the Midwest even if it was offered to ‘em, so we’ll gladly take it.
We offer folks the opportunity to swap similar homes, give ‘em a couple years for the transition. We split the military in two. When the libs go to unilaterally disarm, we’ll take those nasty guns and missiles off their hands. When they disarm their citizens, we’ll take their small arms, too.
We can do a free trade agreement with the lib states, sure. Hey, we might even watch a couple of their Hollywood movies if they are good ones (fat chance of that happening). If they want to get food, they can buy it from us. They’ll try to do the “organic” gardening thing, but folks will tire of paying $6 for a carrot.
I think after 20 years, we’d see a mass migration of folks from the impoverished-but-free-healthcare Liberal nation over to our nation where it’s no-frills government but if you earn it, you keep it.
I so wish it was possible to cook up a “sim city” version of this so it could be tried without actually tearing our nation in half...
Give them Rhode Island instead.