Please read a history book. We tried what you're advocating and it didn't work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation https://en.wikipedia.o

Please read a history book. We tried what you're advocating and it didn't work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation > Then people like me can move somewhere with low taxes that leaves you alone I do kind of wish higher-tax states would stop subsidizing the lower-tax states. Let them live in the squalor they seem to desire. Alas, we're UNITED states and have a Federal government that takes money from California and gives it to Alabama while they celebrate their low taxes.