[triumphant values]

BTW, where on Earth do you get the idea that I favor the "dissolution of the nation".

Let's put this to bed with a simple question then. Do you believe the United States can function as a unified entity with a national government budget of 26 billion a year?

Yes or no will suffice.

[John Valentine]

Do I believe the United States can function as a unified entity with a national government budget of 26 billion a year?

Of course not.

But the target, even if unreachable, is at least in the correct direction from our current starting point.