You have the power to cut off one state from the U.S.
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Psh, Venice Beach may become a wasteland the moment that Starbucks closes due to zombie attack, but you've obviously never been to Oakland. The suburbs there have more armament than all of Texas combined. It's very likely that when society is rebuilt, it will have a constitution that rehashes rap lyrics.Ryotknife said:
Still need a bit more (numbers from wiki):Saulkar said:
Alaska: 1,717,854km^2
Canada: 9,984,670km^2
together: 11,702,524km^2
Russia: 17,075,400km^2
difference: 5,372,876km^2
So we would need a few more states... like all of them except Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi and Hawaii. This would make Canada around 78,000km^2 larger than Russia.
As to why I took the time to figure this out... well I wish I knew
Ok... time to get in touch with my inner economist AND evil heartless ruler...
Texas might be easy to make fun of, and I do wish textbooks that will go around the country were published somewhere else, but they do have a lot of natural resources, and they are the only "Red State" that gives more in federal taxes than they take. (outdated data, maybe one or two more do now.)
California creates more than enough methods to create revenue. It'd be a bit easier just to get rid of certain bits, but this is an all-or-nothing affair.
I'd say Mississippi. One would be hard-pressed to think of what they give that's worth anything, and they are one of the biggest financial burdens in the country, being one of only two states (once again, outdated data, that number may have increased) that takes more than $2 in federal aid for every dollar in taxes they pay.
Now for an impractical choice?
Florida. No real reason. Just for shits and giggles.
Texas might be easy to make fun of, and I do wish textbooks that will go around the country were published somewhere else, but they do have a lot of natural resources, and they are the only "Red State" that gives more in federal taxes than they take. (outdated data, maybe one or two more do now.)
California creates more than enough methods to create revenue. It'd be a bit easier just to get rid of certain bits, but this is an all-or-nothing affair.
I'd say Mississippi. One would be hard-pressed to think of what they give that's worth anything, and they are one of the biggest financial burdens in the country, being one of only two states (once again, outdated data, that number may have increased) that takes more than $2 in federal aid for every dollar in taxes they pay.
Now for an impractical choice?
Florida. No real reason. Just for shits and giggles.
WA state would be my pick. I live in WA. This would free us from the union and allow us to join up w/our brothers in Canada.
Otherwise - Mississippi.
Otherwise - Mississippi.
Bye bye Texas. You finally get what you threatened to do 4 years ago and again this year. The reason all those names on the petition to have Texas secede were from other states is because we are tired of them ruining our schools (they buy more books than any other state, so the book makers cater to them) with your propaganda in everything that isn't math. Even in the science books they try to get everything that isn't creationism labeled as "unproven theory."
Why not just re-found the confederate states? Then we have no more arguments as to which state to remove from the U.S.
Also Then there would be a power shift in the global stage. Would be interesting if that were to happen.
And Yes I know that the Confederacy was not composed of only one of the United States but still.
Far more likely to happen.
Also Then there would be a power shift in the global stage. Would be interesting if that were to happen.
And Yes I know that the Confederacy was not composed of only one of the United States but still.
Far more likely to happen.
