[Wonder Warthog]

"The problem has always been the robbing of the lesser number of self sufficient states by the majority of uncreditable states. The tradeoff for the self-supporting states is the protection of a larger union, but the dominant driver from the uncreditable states has always been greed combined with a profound disavowel of that greed."

You'll have to elaborate that point, as I don't get it. There ARE no "self-supporting states" although some were/are wealthier than others at various times. The South was originally wealthier than the North (which is why they objected so strongly to tariffs). Those relative positions switched after the Civil War, and the switching continues today as economic forces cause the movement of wealth from region to region.