re: If the south seceded again,

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If the big gov't lovers move up north, and the small gov't types from up north move down here, the you might have something

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Even then, the divorce settlement would probably be too messy to ever happen. How do you divide both the assets (the very valuable US War Machine) and the liabilities (our ridiculous debt)? I could see a state or 2 that thinks the feds are more harm than help to them try and secede, but I just don't see it sticking. In the end the combination of military strength and crushing debt would be too much motivation to keep things as they are. You don't just leave this union.