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Hannity foresees states leaving union
Daily Caller ^ | 1-11-13 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 01/12/2013 9:25:17 AM PST by Mozilla

On his Friday radio show, conservative talker and Fox News host Sean Hannity warned that the United States may fall apart if tax rates remain high.

“The states are now fighting and battling against their own federal government,” Hannity said. ”Same thing with individuals. If you live in a state like New York, New Jersey, California [or] one of these high-tax states [where] 60-plus cents of every dollar goes to taxes, you’ll say, ‘What the hell am I doing this for?’”

“A lot of people have told me that,” Hannity continued. “A lot of people are moving. … I noticed that Bobby Jindal moved to remove his state income tax. He’s not stupid. You know what’s going to happen in Louisiana? The same thing that is happening in Texas and Florida — their populations are soaring. They’re doing a lot better. State governments are fine. They’re surviving. They don’t have the property taxes they do in New York, which is obscene. In New York, you just pay and pay and pay and pay.”

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“People that are fed up with a power hungry, radicalized, abusive federal government intruding into every aspect of our lives,” Hannity continued. “People are going to say they’re fed up, and states are going to want more liberty and more freedom. They’re not going to want to tax their citizens to death anymore. If this pattern continues and gets worse and worse and worse, I can see at some point the states saying, ‘Forget it. I don’t want to be a part of this union anymore.’”

Hannity rejected the idea that secession is necessarily a “radical concept,” arguing that the Declaration of Independence is itself a “radical document.”

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Full Title is Hannity foresees states leaving union if federal government continues ‘radicalized, abusive’ pattern.
1 posted on 01/12/2013 9:25:21 AM PST by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

And he’s probably right too.


2 posted on 01/12/2013 9:26:38 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: Mozilla

don’t place much stock in Hannity anymore.


3 posted on 01/12/2013 9:27:44 AM PST by txnativegop (Fed up with zealots)
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To: Mozilla

Can only hope several states have the gumption, but the WH has told secession petitioners that there is no right to secession, so, there, the “one”, the only Barack Hussein Obama has spoken.


4 posted on 01/12/2013 9:29:36 AM PST by izzatzo
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To: WKUHilltopper

Well, then...maybe instead of mollycoddling every friggin liberal he’s had on his show (Lieberman, et al) and playing the part of “the loyal opposition” during interviews and endlessly repeating milquetoast talking points afterwards, he should be deciding if he’s part of the conservative revolt or not. The first clue is the mansion he’s built on Long Island, his wonder family-driven lifestyle, etc.

Honestly, I quit listening to him a while back....He’s not down for the struggle as THE BARACK would say; he’s down for the money.


5 posted on 01/12/2013 9:30:51 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Mozilla

Obama and his gang have already divided America into two seperate countries. We might as well make it official.


6 posted on 01/12/2013 9:33:51 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Impeach Obama Now.)
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To: Mozilla

Personally I think too many people believe they have a future forecasting crystal ball that will keep them elevated above others.


7 posted on 01/12/2013 9:33:55 AM PST by Eye of Unk (AR2 2013 is the American Revolution part 2 of 2013)
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To: Mozilla

New York is insane with taxes. I am so delighted I left that hellhole.


8 posted on 01/12/2013 9:36:55 AM PST by Lazamataz (LAZ'S LAW: As an argument with liberals goes on, the probability of being called racist approaches 1)
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To: izzatzo
... WH has told secession petitioners that there is no right to secession ...

The Civil War determined that the States have no right to secession.

Whether or not the drafters and signers of the Constitution intended for the States to retain the right to secede is pretty much moot.

9 posted on 01/12/2013 9:37:34 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Mozilla
in Texas and Florida — their populations are soaring.

Soaring jam packed populations, with Muslim owned greedy marts on every corner, is a good thing!

10 posted on 01/12/2013 9:37:45 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Gaffer

I agree he’s a mollycoddler and mouthpiece of RINOs many times. But I think push is coming to shove irrespective of what he is saying.


11 posted on 01/12/2013 9:39:15 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: txnativegop

Same here....especially since he came out for amnesty. He’s “evolved”, you know.


12 posted on 01/12/2013 9:39:32 AM PST by CatherineofAragon (Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
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To: txnativegop

I wonder who whispered this in his ear. I don’t think he has ever had an original thought.


13 posted on 01/12/2013 9:41:47 AM PST by csmusaret (I will give Obama credit for one thing- he is living proof that familiarity breeds contempt.)
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To: WKUHilltopper
Oh, I certainly agree with you that something is coming. I’m hoping wonderful.

My only comment is that I don’t need a frigging RINO faux conservative like Hannity to tell me about it. I see the underlying causes everyday.

It is very unlikely that Hannity sees anything of the sort during his celebrated Long Island Mansion existence with the chauferred forays into Manhattan for his shows. He lost half of his audience after the election. People realized there was no "there, there" I'm one of them and will remain so.

14 posted on 01/12/2013 9:46:38 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Mozilla

It could only work if states were able to control their borders, unlike the feds.

That way after a state bails the union you wouldn’t have all the filth from other states piling in.


15 posted on 01/12/2013 9:47:45 AM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: CatherineofAragon

Audience, media adulation, “open to discussion”, open to lining his pockets, open to enlarging his audience....all that....but no real conviction...just money and power.


16 posted on 01/12/2013 9:48:25 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Mozilla

Depending on which states formally announce secession, I could be moving there.


17 posted on 01/12/2013 9:53:57 AM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Mozilla

I said it here a couple of years ago and I definately see this coming.. It is NOT 1861, and we won’t have an open conflict and resulting hostilities and battles.

I fully expect Texas, Arizona, Utah, the Dakotas, to ramp up the conversation concerning seccession.


18 posted on 01/12/2013 9:59:05 AM PST by Chuzzlewit
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To: Lazamataz

NY taxes you every time you hit it!


19 posted on 01/12/2013 9:59:14 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Mozilla
Hannity foresees states leaving union

Hannity also foresaw President Romney.

20 posted on 01/12/2013 10:00:45 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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