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Secession is illegal. We fought a pretty awful war to make sure of it. Also, don't assume for a minute that this sort of stuff is not also going on in Californi

Secession is illegal. We fought a pretty awful war to make sure of it. Also, don't assume for a minute that this sort of stuff is not also going on in California and NY.

JohnTHaller 10y ago
We've got the same Republican section in NY state but it's the northern part. Their biggest complaint is that they're taxed too high and their level of services is too low. Of course, they're spread out up there compared to us in NYC, so their services cost a LOT more to deliver per service per capita. It basically puts us in a mirror situation with red vs blue states... mostly Democratic NYC population's taxes go to pay for the services of the mostly Republican upstate and the mostly Republican upstaters still complain that they pay too much for the services they get.
- codecamper 10y ago
  People that have too much time on their hands (in other words, people with money) tend to complain the loudest.
  - mwfunk 10y ago
    In this case it's the people with less money doing the complaining, if I read that correctly. The rural conservatives who are subsidized by taxes on urban areas complain that they are the ones who are getting screwed. That's red states vs. blue states in a nutshell, so it wouldn't be surprising to see the same pattern on a smaller scale between NYC and upstate NY.
codecamper 10y ago
California will use location data on their smartphones & send some drones over. The Wyoming kids won't know what hit them. Better yet, California can combine some data points & then update certain self driving cars, sending them over a cliff. Then there is the virus route. It has been shown that being a dim Republican is actually genetic. CRISPR to the rescue of humanity.
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codecamper 10y ago
The way the Republicans have been playing, they are begging for a war. Probably don't want that with all these nukes around, but why not just let a couple red states leave? They seem to really want it & know how to do a better job.

Secession is illegal. We fought a pretty awful war to make sure of it. Also, don't assume for a minute that this sort of stuff is not also going on in California and NY.

JohnTHaller 10y ago

We've got the same Republican section in NY state but it's the northern part. Their biggest complaint is that they're taxed too high and their level of services is too low. Of course, they're spread out up there compared to us in NYC, so their services cost a LOT more to deliver per service per capita. It basically puts us in a mirror situation with red vs blue states... mostly Democratic NYC population's taxes go to pay for the services of the mostly Republican upstate and the mostly Republican upstaters still complain that they pay too much for the services they get.

codecamper 10y ago
People that have too much time on their hands (in other words, people with money) tend to complain the loudest.
- mwfunk 10y ago
  In this case it's the people with less money doing the complaining, if I read that correctly. The rural conservatives who are subsidized by taxes on urban areas complain that they are the ones who are getting screwed. That's red states vs. blue states in a nutshell, so it wouldn't be surprising to see the same pattern on a smaller scale between NYC and upstate NY.

codecamper 10y ago

California will use location data on their smartphones & send some drones over. The Wyoming kids won't know what hit them. Better yet, California can combine some data points & then update certain self driving cars, sending them over a cliff. Then there is the virus route. It has been shown that being a dim Republican is actually genetic. CRISPR to the rescue of humanity.

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codecamper 10y ago

The way the Republicans have been playing, they are begging for a war. Probably don't want that with all these nukes around, but why not just let a couple red states leave? They seem to really want it & know how to do a better job.