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Given the abysmally low approval ratings of both candidates of the major parties, I wouldn't say that they represent anything substantial. Perhaps they represent a media unwilling to do it's job and a political system that's become corrupt, but they don't represent the views of the country. Despite how it may seem, I still feel the average American is closer to the center than CNN and Fox would have you believe.
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Originally Posted by Cape Cod Todd
We are the United States of America and a country has never been so diverse as we are.
What might be part of the problem comes down to politics. There are states that are so far left that they defy logic to the ones that lean right and vice versa.
I can't remember a time when politics played such a roll in dividing us.
I have heard more than one person say that we are heading for a civil war along racial and religious lines.
Others have said that Mexico is slowly taking back the south west.
There are other areas that are being taken over by people who are not Americans. Prez Obama has a plan to move middle eastern refugees to Detroit and have them rebuild that city.
If you truly allowed the country to be divided, assuming mostly based on those with more conservative values, versus those who are ultra liberal. I doubt this would come to pass, but for arguments sake, could you imagine the liberal side? They are fed and have fed on the more conservative side for decades. Who would they blame for their shortcomings? Who would fund their endless social programs? Would would create an environment where business could thrive and grow? It would be the ultimate test to show who is right.
My prediction, the more conservative side would become more powerful and thrive more than the country is today and the liberal side would fall into third world status and die within a few years.
alaskaboy, you might want to rethink your conclusion.
How is Kansas doing?
Many Texans are just now learning that this wonder state sold by former Governor Perry was an illusion. The numbers did not include the contingent liability of pensions.
Those blue states are also the states supporting many poor red states.
If you truly allowed the country to be divided, assuming mostly based on those with more conservative values, versus those who are ultra liberal. I doubt this would come to pass, but for arguments sake, could you imagine the liberal side? They are fed and have fed on the more conservative side for decades. Who would they blame for their shortcomings? Who would fund their endless social programs? Would would create an environment where business could thrive and grow? It would be the ultimate test to show who is right.
My prediction, the more conservative side would become more powerful and thrive more than the country is today and the liberal side would fall into third world status and die within a few years.
Aside from assumptions, what is the "prediction" actually based on? I mean "ultra-liberal" California would have the 6th largest economy in the world. Texas would be 11th, so you've got that, but it's followed by New York which would also be 11th (12th if Texas was actually a country, both of which would be pushed back one if California was actually a country).
Liberals, on average, actually have higher incomes than conservatives. Meaning liberals pay more in taxes than conservatives. I know this doesn't support the Breitbart meme of liberals wanting welfare to mooch off of the wealth earners, but you need to understand that not everyone who supports welfare is on welfare. And if you're wondering, it's only about a 6% difference in income. But there are more welfare recipients on welfare in red states than blue states. Also worth noting, half of welfare recipients are off of welfare within 2 years of receiving it.
If you want my opinion, it's unlikely that either country would actually preform significantly better.
Without the Federal spending most of the "Konservative" stated would bankrupt in a few years. Most are importers of Federal Money while the "liberal" states provide the surplus the right wingers live on.
So why not four divisions.
West Coast (California, Oregon and Washington)
Great Lakes coast (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio)
North East Coast (Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania)
The rest that could go back to timber cutting, oil production and growing fuel corn.
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