So you’d like to give away 10% of our populace, and roughly 10% of our national GNP?
California has the biggest GNP West of the Mississippi, coming in at roughly 1.5 times that of Texas, the nearest competitor. (It’s been a while since I looked it up, but I believe that was the general range)
What other states would you like to get rid of?
New York would be a good one.
Pretty soon you’ve just lopped off 30-50% of our GNP and populace.
The tax base is reduced by that much. How does that affect our ability to pay down the national debt or field a competitive military?
California has all our warm water ports to service our Pacific Fleet. And if you think California needs to go, that means Oregon and Washington would go too. They’re Leftist now also.
There, no Pacific fleet.
Hawaii would be gone in short order.
So what do we do, only continue with an Atlantic fleet in the future?
What happens when Russia or China swing deals with the former U. S. Western states? Do we then go to war with California and the other states to prevent it?
Do we simply allow foreign nations to develop bases on our Western flank?
This is not as easy as just lopping off states you don’t like.
It affects this nation much more negatively than putting up with an errant state does.
We need to work on bringing these states back into the Conservative camp.
Folks, we lost them. We can get them back.
Why is it that we tell folks we have the best possible system of government, and then feel that it can’t compete with the other form of governance?
It can. It just needs to be presented to people.
As a party, we have abandoned that for three decades.
Why is it that we tell folks we have the best possible system of government, and then feel that it can’t compete with the other form of governance?
It can. It just needs to be presented to people.
As a party, we have abandoned that for three decades.>>>> our republic only works with principles of rule of law (property and life protected) and morality. without those republican governments cannot exits. California has neither.
Yep, I certainly would!!!!!
Don't forget, what they produce they also consume.........There's not a damn thing California provides to the U.S. that can't be grown elsewhere..........
As far as energy production, they offer absolutely nothing to the rest of the country. In fact, they're struggling just to supply their own needs.............
Wow, a freeper who actually gets it on the issue!
Everything is all fine and dandy when you are being emotional (a growing problem on FR) and thinking you are going to stick it to the lefties and show them. I would never, ever advocate ceding California for no other reason than the ports for our Pacific Fleet, period!