User Panel
Posted: 12/15/2005 10:26:54 AM EDT
Do you think we will ever add more states to the US? And if so who will be first Puerto Rico, Guam, Canada, etc....?
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I dont think the US is gonna exist in its current form much longer
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Not unless we can make long island + NYC it's own state seperate from the rest of NY
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Let's hope not. We are overpopulated now with no end in sight.
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Who in their right mind would want to join the Union. They take all the tax money from your state and then give back what they think you should have. The state should collect ALL taxes and tithe to the Fedgov enought to operate certain agencies.
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That's just what we need, a bunch of Yoopers with their own state!
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I only count 49 as of right now. Am I missing something here??
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming |
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Although it is not technically a "State" - The District of Columbia.
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Of course it will.
I'd be all for adding Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland right now. Unfortunately, it will be Mexico and Hispaniola and we'll all pay thru the nose for that little privilege. |
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It is a violation of the US Const to take away a portion of a state to form another.
Sorry MI Youpers. We'd sure like to have ya. |
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Dude he means the Caliban |
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I think it will happen. Peauto Rico is probably the closest example of a territory that is growing towards statehood. I would have to think that sooner or later it will get it.
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I think we've pretty much reached our limit. None of the protectorates have any interest in statehood, and I wonder if we shouldn't tell them to pick one way or the other, and if they DON'T want statehood, to cut them loose on their own.
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PR will never get statehood for itself. Too small to give that much power to. The other states won't stand for it. It will have to be part of a larger state. Some Carribean state or added on as a part of FL perhaps. Another, possibly is DC. I am against it but the socialists would have a wet dream over it. |
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Didn't they have a vote a few years ago and they rejected statehood? Something to do with all of the benefits of being a state with none of the problems so they didn't want to?
You just said Puerto Rico is too small to have that much power but then said D.C. is a possibility? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't D.C. quite a bit smaller than PR? |
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No it's not. Article IV, Section 3 states:
A state can be broken up into two or more states, but the legislalture of the state being subdivided must agree to this division, as must Congress. West Virginia broke off from Virginia, which is the only time this has happened since the Constitution was ratified. |
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How about the socialist republic of Kali-ForNIA |
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D.C. = 600,000 PR = 4 million, not counting the goats |
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No you're not, but it took me two looks to see what you're talking about. |
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I fucking hope not. |
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Puerto Rico is twice the size of Rhode Island |
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They get more benefits. For some reason they can put an excise tax on rum heading to the states. |
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Don't hide behind this man. I belive the American experiment is failing also... |
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Yeah, but they don't have nearly the number of Dunkin Donuts as we do so they have very little to offer. |
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Not quite, you CAN take a portion of a state away to form another IF you have congressional approval. It has been done before. |
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Estoy de acuerdo contigo |
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Please, anything but Guam. The whole island is on welfare, corruption runs rampant, and they hate the military. Just keep sending them Spam (the meat not the email).
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Several of the Canadian Provinces, Baja California. All of which assume a collapse of the current Canada and Mexico, California being divided in two might be one of the first changes. Scotland, Ireland, Breat Britain, they might take a bit longer
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Well, maybe not statehood, but I'm pretty sure DC will get a representative pretty soon.
ETA:Edit for fat fingering. |
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Today Rush was reading a thing called "head lines from 2029" one of them was, "Castro finally dies at 112" |
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I don't think there will be any more states added, rather countries will join together in some form of treaty with free trade and the ability for people to just immigrate freely in all of the countries.
The USA will then be destroyed. |
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Correct. That is how MI got the UP inthe first place, after a land swap involving Ohio, IIRC. |
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So which do you need reading comprehension? geography? or a government class? I vote all three. |
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After we invade them and straighten out their shit, Mexico would be the 51st state. Tha twould prety muchtake of the immigration problem.
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if we added cuba I wouldnt mind, if you have any notion of the political climate there, post castro, I can tell you, based on the Cubans in Miami...and there voting tendincies...Cuba would be a red state for a long time....Cuban's historically are the strongest conservative leaning of all Hispanic groups, do your research and reading, it would only help the Repubs if Cuba was added, and to be honest once Castro (assuming he's mortal) leaves power....I wouldnt mind going there for some fun in the sun
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