When they secede, they should call themselves “The Free Republic”
President Jim Robinson ... it has a nice ring, huh?
I say let each state decide if they want to be socialist or Free. So long as they pay their own way, they should be able to have any kind of social services policies they want.
Big caveat: so long as they pay their own way and don’t take money from the citizens of other states to fund their goodie bags.