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Originally Posted by spdrun
America's fiscal union: The red and the black | The Economist
It's interesting that many of the states that are doing poorly budget-wise now actually send a lot more money to DC than they ever get back. Wonder if their budgets would be a lot more balanced if they weren't parasitized by DC, year after year.
This especially goes for California, which is something like the 8th largest economy in the world, grows a lot of their own food, has quite a few ports, and has pretty much ideal climate. Maybe the place should secede!
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Newsflash:
California already just about *HAS* seceded:
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Press 3 for the destruction of America's most important national 'glue' if we lose our country's language: English! Nothing irritates Americans more in our country than being forced to choose between our English language and Mexican Spanish being forced upon us by millions of illegals. We suffer becoming second class citizens in our own country.
complete article:
Press 1 For Spanish, Press 2 For English
i Se me parece que tu eres mas tarde, gringito !
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