Why California should try to secede - and how it would fail gloriously
Liberals are always talking with their emotions. Here's why I think they should be given the ability to secede - just so it can fail so spectacularly that we can clean it out and start over. It might also cow some of the other Democratic states.
There would be lots to work out, but I am tired of the large federal governemnt, and I even think its too large to be workable any more.
Its a little like the idea of one 'god' who looks after and responds to EVERY person on earth. How would that even work ? Same with the federal government.
And BTW, there is nothing that says that the Legislature can't ignore or override the Judiciary. All they have to do is pass a law with their desired intent. They can also impeach members of the Judiciary (Supreme Court) who exceed their authority, though it has never been done to my knowledge. What I think is a bigger problem is that many Supreme Court actions have assumed the legitimacy of a particular Legislative action when they should have turned it down for lack of jurisdiction. Every single Welfare-related policy should have been overturned in this manner.
My thought was to introduce an Amendment that required every Bill to come before Congress to have two mandatory sections: a section stating its purported Constitutional authority and a twilight provision if it necessitated funding. I would also like to have another Amendment which prevents unrelated amendments to be proposed to any legislation. A last one is an Amendment which would state that every Federal Agency's budget would have to be individually appropriated - it could not be included in a larger bill. This one would cause our current government to grind to a halt or cut out dead weight. ;)
I've thought of a couple more, but they're for another thread.
and 19th Amendments. I do not think that the citi-
zen should be handed over to be a serf to his state
government.
Most of the military rank-and-file I have talked to are disgusted with Democratic leadership. I seriously doubt you'd see many of them side with California. I would also note that unless they are National Guard units, their chain-of-command doesn't go through the State's Governor in the first place. I would think they would be a huge liability - rather than an asset - to such Californians.
http://www.thetnm.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffers...
From The Daily News (New York City):
http://interactive.nydailynews.com/20...
From Russia Today:
https://www.rt.com/usa/183680-state-c...
I have had the opportunity to do some work in what some call "The State of Jefferson" and, let me tell you, it is really, really nice.
No, people are divided by rational thought and behavior VS irrational altruism.
I do have to wonder what makes it about living in more rural areas that tends to move one to the right while living in highly-concentrated urban areas move strongly left. I have always wondered whether or not there are simple truths to be found in simple living.
I never actually encounter any bigotry issues or bathroom norms issues (I can't believe that's even a thing) if I stop in Eau Claire on a trip from Madison to Minneapolis. It turns out the moral code of keeping your word, telling the truth, and minding your own business are not just rural things.
I recently drove to the South, and I didn't run into any nonsense. It clearly not the same from my home where the 0.0004% live. But it's not so different that it's problem living side-by-side and driving through.
We have allowed about five or six of them, all of whom we thought were friends until we found out otherwise, to stay with us for a while. Crooks all. Sometimes sweet and loving crooks, buying us gifts with stolen money (some stolen from us), occasionally helping us around the farm. But still crooks.
I used to be for phasing out the "welfare" schemes slowly. Now I think it would be better to end them as fast as possible. Who would pick up the slack? Why the churches, and (one hopes) the do-gooders who currently clamor for my money.
That is true in your personal interactions but the liberals like your self , don't hold that same standard with your President or candidates.
We have people like you here in the land of the 0.0004% to.
Animal welfare interests do not coincide perfectly with human interests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wH...
Rural living tends to attract the self-reliant, folks who want to live quietly and be left alone. Urban living tends to attract people with the opposite tendencies.
With those efforts, the quality is as good as it gets.
I would go for a dissolution of the USA federal government and a return to free states, perhaps relegating the federal government to the role of enhancing commerce between the states, and maybe arranging for some sort of common defense in the event one state was invaded by some foreign power.
My thought is there are hundreds of little decisions like do we need rules about firing guns or playing loud music. If you live in the city, it's obvious we need some rules about it, and in the countryside it's obvious we don't. But the fed gov't has gotten so powerful, by taking money and giving it back to local gov'ts, orgs, and individuals that do what the fed gov't wants, that now we have to have national debates on things that should be local or personal decisions. Rural people have different interests urban people, so we end up with an asinine yelling match. The yelling match gets attention for commentators and politicians. Even if they know it's stupid, they don't have the luxury of taking the high road. The person who mails out fundraising letters warning rural people about the perils of urban people in charge or vice versa will win.
The correct (IMHO of course) answer is for the fed govt to be limited in scope, and make these issues local.