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The 7 States That The Rest Of America Would Like To Kick Out Of the Country
Business Insider ^ | 5-29-2013 | Walter Hickey

Posted on 05/29/2013 9:58:03 AM PDT by blam

The 7 States That The Rest Of America Would Like To Kick Out Of the Country

Walter Hickey
May 29, 2013, 11:10 AM

An AskReddit thread yesterday polled Americans about which state they would remove from the union.

The answers were diverse and had a number of thought processes behind them — which states had the least people, which states contributed least to the country, which could survive on their own, and which state was Mississippi — and in the end a lot of people made a lot of sense.

Here are the states most Americans would love to see go:

7. Delaware.

First in, first out. Redditors alleged there's not much important there.

However, "Lots of companies are incorporated there. Sure, they could just move to another tax haven, but it would be a rough transition and they would lose out on the decades of case law that the state has on the subject of corporations.

6. Florida

This is most likely the result of the adventures of Florida Man and a desire to make elections easier.

Georgians spoke out in its defense as a functional Hurricane-shield.

5. Rhode Island

Rhode Island's departure would offend a minimal amount of people and shed a minimal amount of space.

"I had a professor in college from there and said that milkshakes are referred to as "cabinets." Who the hell does that?" Williston, North Dakota

3-4 (TIE). Either Dakota

One work-around solution was to combine North and South Dakota into a single Super Dakota.

While some Americans actually doubted the existence of North Dakota and proposed to strike it anyway, others pointed out that its absence would be noted

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KEYWORDS: expellstates; states; unwantedstates
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To: blam

I think Texas should absolutely be kicked out. I hereby vote ourselves off the island! Thank you!


21 posted on 05/29/2013 10:16:06 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: jaydubya2
Indiana??!!

With our Republican governor and supermajorities in both branches of the legislature, I think we'd love to offload the federal overhead.

22 posted on 05/29/2013 10:16:44 AM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: ken5050

You’ve got plenty of SEC haters in Big 12 country too. I being among them.


23 posted on 05/29/2013 10:17:26 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: alexander_busek

Yeah. Dem geographers figure Idaho should go too, because of Cincinnati and Cleveland and Des Moines.


24 posted on 05/29/2013 10:19:02 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: demshateGod
Dude..this season..Ole Miss has a stretch of 5 consecutive games..Texas, Alabama, Auburn, Texas A&M, and LSU.

Texas is the easiest game in that stretch..Mack Brown gets fired..

25 posted on 05/29/2013 10:22:51 AM PDT by ken5050 (Due to all the WH scandals, MSNBC is changing its slogan from "Lean Forward" to "BOHICA")
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26 posted on 05/29/2013 10:24:00 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (My faith and politics cannot be separated)
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To: blam

Kinda reminds me of 1862


27 posted on 05/29/2013 10:28:34 AM PDT by Baseballguy (If we knew what we know now in Oct would we do anything different?)
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To: blam
Whoever has the highest level of bankruptcy, kick the top 5 out of the union and have them abstain from federal elections and getting federal money until they can pull their heads out of their collective butts.
28 posted on 05/29/2013 10:29:56 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: ken5050

He needs to be. No one has squandered as much as he’s been given. Every player we get (We being OSU) from Texas (which is about 80% of our team) really wanted to play in Austin. It’s the same for OU. He’s washed up.


29 posted on 05/29/2013 10:30:24 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: MNDude

This was a survey asked of people on Reddit. Redditors consist of “Libertarians,” Liberals, and Millenials. You don’t get much in the way of conservative discussion from Reddit.


30 posted on 05/29/2013 10:32:41 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Grams A

Yes. And I’m from Oregon. Colorado has worked hard in recent years to displace one of those also.


31 posted on 05/29/2013 10:33:08 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: blam

I’m all for the separation of city and state.


32 posted on 05/29/2013 10:33:31 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf

Hear, hear!


33 posted on 05/29/2013 10:35:38 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Blather. Reince. Repeat.)
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To: blam
Well Mr. Hickey, I have a better idea. The Dakotas ban AskReddit poll responders who don't like our states.

They can just stay in liberal lala-land while we enjoy living in God's country without them!

34 posted on 05/29/2013 10:36:43 AM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: blam

Maryland
New Jersey
New York

Because all 3 export huge numbers of Blue voters here to PA once the taxes get out of control at home. Then they elect more Democrats and inflict this on all the rest of us.


35 posted on 05/29/2013 10:39:15 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Fresh Wind

“Give West Camden (aka Philadelphia) to New Jersey, then kick the PRNJ out of the country.”

Thank you for bringing up the most corrupt state in the union! New Jersey is a festering boil on the a$$ of the country.
I will never forget an evening drive from Newark to Allentown and watching a NJ State Trooper using radar from the sunken. grass covered median come boiling up blue lights a blazing to chase down one of the cars in front of me only to over play his move, spin across both lanes and crash his cruiser on the opposite side of the road! And don’t you just love those “Hugo Boss early Nazi style hats” the troopers wear.


36 posted on 05/29/2013 10:39:56 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: ken5050
" Dude..this season..Ole Miss has a stretch of 5 consecutive games..Texas, Alabama, Auburn, Texas A&M, and LSU."

-Roll Tide-

37 posted on 05/29/2013 10:40:08 AM PDT by blam
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To: Grams A; TADSLOS

” Would that be California, Washington, Oregon, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Maryland?”

Uh, yep.


38 posted on 05/29/2013 10:40:50 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: blam
I am unalterably in favor of secession.I'm absolutely serious when I say that.The states that should make up the "Progressive States of America" include CA,NY,MA,VT,RI,PA,DE,IL,MI,MN,WI,WA,OR and HI...and maybe one or two others.I,of course,would leave MA once the "Respectable States of America" is established and head to NC,TN or GA.

We get most of the oil,wheat and the decent people...and they get Oakland,Detroit,the Bronx and Mexico.

And most of the "most vulnerable among us".

39 posted on 05/29/2013 10:40:52 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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To: blam
Personally, I'd like to kick out every blue county represented below ....


40 posted on 05/29/2013 10:45:23 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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