Would you sell off a couple of states to pay off the debt? (drug, solution)

[LexusNexus]

We need to get rid of REPUBLICANS. They are a cancer on this society, in more ways than one. Turning surpluses into deficits is their specialty. Making deficits worse, is another.

Getting rid of states, especially BLUE states, is absolutely absurd.

[Pruzhany]

Originally Posted by Haakon

Sure, sell California to Mexico. They seem to be trying to colonize it anyway, might as well make them pay for it.

But the US bought California from Mexico for a mere $15 Million. Who would want to buy a state that's around $80 Billion in debt alone?

[NoJiveMan]

Originally Posted by PullMyFinger

Minnesota, Wisconisn and Michigan go to our wealthy neighbors to the north, Canada. Would you sign off on that if Canada agreed to pay off our national debt within say 30 years?

I'll need to brush up on my French, if that ever happens.

I do know how to say "cut the grass" in French though, "Mow de Lawn".

Originally Posted by LexusNexus

We need to get rid of REPUBLICANS. They are a cancer on this society, in more ways than one. Turning surpluses into deficits is their specialty. Making deficits worse, is another.

Getting rid of states, especially BLUE states, is absolutely absurd.

Yes, they have a patent pending.

[NYChistorygal]

Originally Posted by LexusNexus

We need to get rid of REPUBLICANS. They are a cancer on this society, in more ways than one. Turning surpluses into deficits is their specialty. Making deficits worse, is another.

Getting rid of states, especially BLUE states, is absolutely absurd.

i.e. The Bible Belt

[Haakon]

Originally Posted by Pruzhany

But the US bought California from Mexico for a mere $15 Million. Who would want to buy a state that's around $80 Billion in debt alone?

Democrats? They seem to love throwing good money after bad.

[GAisGreat]

yeah they're sheetholes anyway. Throw in ohio and indiana, then as a token of appreciation give texas away so we don't have to deal with those idiots anymore...and alaska...seriously wtf is the point of alaska anyway other than cursing the nation with the palin's????

[Mircea]

Originally Posted by PullMyFinger

Minnesota, Wisconisn and Michigan go to our wealthy neighbors to the north, Canada. Would you sign off on that if Canada agreed to pay off our national debt within say 30 years?

Wow, I didn't realize there were so many politically and geographically-challenged people on C-D.

Why sell off a State, when you can sell off a Territory, like Puerto Rico or Western Samoa, etc, etc, etc?

Territorially....

Mircea

[cruxan]

sell Detroit to china..

[volosong]

Originally Posted by Knox Harrington

Don't know about selling states, but I do wish the south would become its own country.

Those southern states take in more in government money than they pay in, unlike many northern (and blue) states.

They would be Mexico without the great beaches.

The southern states did want to become their own country at one time . . . and it took a republican president going to war to prevent it.

[freightshaker]

I say spin off all 50 (or 57) states into independent nations and each state accept 1/50 of the debt.