I dunno (and I could be wrong), but I've long thought that this country was a bit too unwieldy in size. Maybe 4 smaller chunks? I sure ain't going to let this election be a reason to break things up, that's fer sher.
Ha, I literally just seconds ago got off the phone with a friend of mine who said exactly this. California's economy is so robust that more than a third of what we pay in federal tax goes to other states. We only get 68% back.
In good news, the sodey-pop tax passed in Oakland. I was a bit surprised to find out it didn't cover things like orange juice. It doesn't apply to pure juices of any type, so no for orange or apple juice, yes to cranberry juice(cocktail)
The sad part is that if California secedes then we'll still have to take places like Bakersfield with us, which is a virulently right-wing vortex. And you'll have to take places like the eastern parts of your state with you.
And we'd have to take along people like my scary angry elderly neighbors who decry public assistance while they live off their government pensions. sigh.
I'm not sure I follow. People in Bakersfield and eastern Washington are assholes because they live on top of oil? They don't actually live on top of a lot of oil. Some, but not like elsewhere. |Most of the oil in California is along the coast,| so by your logic I'm not sure what that makes us.
Yeah, not a perfect alignment, but Texas has plenty of unlikable people, as does Saudi Arabia. My real point was that extraction industries tend to lead to slash-and-burn natural resource policies, extreme economic inequality and police states to defend the status quo: the |resource curse.|
Yes, the balkanization of America is just what we need now.
Totally. It will solve everything. Thanks, Trump.
I dunno (and I could be wrong), but I've long thought that this country was a bit too unwieldy in size. Maybe 4 smaller chunks? I sure ain't going to let this election be a reason to break things up, that's fer sher.
so you're suggesting we blow chunks?
*oukes*
Ha, I literally just seconds ago got off the phone with a friend of mine who said exactly this. California's economy is so robust that more than a third of what we pay in federal tax goes to other states. We only get 68% back.
All those people who voted for Trump are mostly in states that are getting that money. So maybe it is time for us to take it back.
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ETA: I am just being facetious, in case anyone thought otherwise.
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And Hawaii, too.
In good news, the sodey-pop tax passed in Oakland. I was a bit surprised to find out it didn't cover things like orange juice. It doesn't apply to pure juices of any type, so no for orange or apple juice, yes to cranberry juice(cocktail)
If we leave, do we have to keep Issa? Fucker hung onto his seat, too.
The sad part is that if California secedes then we'll still have to take places like Bakersfield with us, which is a virulently right-wing vortex. And you'll have to take places like the eastern parts of your state with you.
And we'd have to take along people like my scary angry elderly neighbors who decry public assistance while they live off their government pensions. sigh.
What about Jefferson?
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Why did Yah-Weh put so much of the oil in places populated by terrible people?
Or to put it another way: why does having oil under them turn people into such assholes?
I'm not sure I follow. People in Bakersfield and eastern Washington are assholes because they live on top of oil? They don't actually live on top of a lot of oil. Some, but not like elsewhere. |Most of the oil in California is along the coast,| so by your logic I'm not sure what that makes us.
Under, but not off-shore 😉
Yeah, not a perfect alignment, but Texas has plenty of unlikable people, as does Saudi Arabia. My real point was that extraction industries tend to lead to slash-and-burn natural resource policies, extreme economic inequality and police states to defend the status quo: the |resource curse.|
That makes even less sense as a response to my original comment, but, uh, sure.