[Arkinsaw]

YES. ABSOLUTELY. When they become a State they will be under the complete control of the Federal government. They will be unable to get free and cause trouble again. They will of course then be subject to income tax and withholding and so will not have any money to transfer around to terrorists or others. A large number of them will then live off of the Federal government and be beholden to it and have no urge to cause it problems. Within a few years none of them will care about politics or religion as long as the beer is cheap and the NFL playoff game is not interrupted. Sounds like a great plan.

[grania]

You're forgetting one of the biggies. What a great source of cheap labor this would be.