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November 14, 2012 at
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[I want to preface this by saying this is not meant to be a thread throwing blame at one side or the other...there's an entire different section for that. This is just to get people's feedback on recent news....]
Never thought I'd use the words secession and viral in the same sentence, but that seems to be the trend on Facebook and Twitter over the last few days. It seems as though the government has received petition requests from at least 40 states (different articles report different stats) and over 700,000 people and steadily rising.
I'm just happy to see that people are finally making the progression from backroom murmur and rumblings to now be willing to sternly voice their displeasure with our current system. I don't know that a secession will actually happen, but I do believe that this is a step in the right direction for the people to pave their own futures.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/polit...icks-fast/
http://www.wbtv.com/story/2007555...signa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh...r_
It's actually hard to find results from the larger known media outlets as they don't even seem to be reporting on it.
Never thought I'd use the words secession and viral in the same sentence, but that seems to be the trend on Facebook and Twitter over the last few days. It seems as though the government has received petition requests from at least 40 states (different articles report different stats) and over 700,000 people and steadily rising.
I'm just happy to see that people are finally making the progression from backroom murmur and rumblings to now be willing to sternly voice their displeasure with our current system. I don't know that a secession will actually happen, but I do believe that this is a step in the right direction for the people to pave their own futures.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/polit...icks-fast/
http://www.wbtv.com/story/2007555...signa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh...r_
It's actually hard to find results from the larger known media outlets as they don't even seem to be reporting on it.
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The same people that complain they will have to pay more taxes are the same people that abuse companies such as LG and Netflix. In order to make things work everyone has to do their part. My opinion still stands if someone is unhappy with America, they are free to leave any time. They don't want that though. You can not have your cake and eat it too. You either want to make things better or make things worse. Those are the options for each person to decide.
The same people that complain they will have to pay more taxes are the same people that abuse companies such as LG and Netflix. In order to make things work everyone has to do their part. My opinion still stands if someone is unhappy with America, they are free to leave any time. They don't want that though. You can not have your cake and eat it too. You either want to make things better or make things worse. Those are the options for each person to decide.
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i'd be glad to vote for a republican who's a moderate and true the original party ideal of less government, fiscal conservatism.
I simply want this country to get back to where it was founded. Limited gov't interference and a gov't by the people for the people. We've strayed so far from that over the years.. It's incredibly sad.
Not to mention, if any of these states seceded, they'd be immediately cut off. I'm pretty sure the US Government would blockade the state (after all, to receive trade they'd have to pass over US borders). All the citizens would have to get passports. I'm sure a large portion of people would move out, which means they'd hemorrage tax income. Kiss medicare, social security, and any other government programs goodbye. Say goodbye to government subsidies on farming.
No. Sorry. These people clearly have not thought this through. These are just people upset because their candidate lost and they have forgotten that living in a democracy means you don't always get your way if you're in the minority.
I simply want this country to get back to where it was founded. Limited gov't interference and a gov't by the people for the people. We've strayed so far from that over the years.. It's incredibly sad.
Obama is in a tricky position. For one thing, he didn't create this deficit. Obama's policies are only responsible for 8% of the deficit. At the moment, he's basically faced with the choice of shrinking the deficit, or boosting the economy. He can't really do both. Either he raises taxes and cuts entitlements (which will shrink the deficit but hurt the economy) or he leaves taxes alone and lets the economy recover while letting the deficit grow. It's not an easy decision.
Not to mention, if any of these states seceded, they'd be immediately cut off. I'm pretty sure the US Government would blockade the state (after all, to receive trade they'd have to pass over US borders). All the citizens would have to get passports. I'm sure a large portion of people would move out, which means they'd hemorrage tax income. Kiss medicare, social security, and any other government programs goodbye. Say goodbye to government subsidies on farming.
No. Sorry. These people clearly have not thought this through. These are just people upset because their candidate lost and they have forgotten that living in a democracy means you don't always get your way if you're in the minority.
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The only thing that I am curious about is the money aspect, especially for states that may have low or no income taxes.
In the extremely unlikely scenario of secession:
I'm sure I could think of other questions but it's early in the day
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