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cow451

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With the improving economy and the number of reenactors, quite good these days.

A gallon of milk bought with CSA currency as it was trading in 1865 would cost $5,000.00 Confederate dollars.
 
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A gallon of milk bought with CSA currency as it was trading in 1865 would cost $5,000.00 Confederate dollars.

If you had $5,000 worth of confederate currency in good condition I suspect its sale would satisfy your dairy needs for quite some time if you found the right collector.
 
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Canada and Australia don't have "presidents," they have "prime ministers," - they are not chosen by the party and not elected by the voters.
 
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I wonder if Mexico still wants to get Texas back

Houston we have a problem.

Mexico wants all the southwest of the united states back.

They lost Texas because of their own stupidity, they don't get us back.
 
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Canada and Australia don't have "presidents," they have "prime ministers," - they are not chosen by the party and not elected by the voters.

They are chosen by the party and usually are elected parliamentarians. In all cases they need at all times to hold the confidence of the majority of the elected representatives of the house they sit in.
 
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Louisiana is one of the biggest welfare states in the country.

And I suppose they would want the United States to keep its government hands off their continued Medicare, huh?

If Florida were to secede, would the Social Security system become solvent for centuries?
 
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I wonder if Mexico still wants to get Texas back

Houston we have a problem.
Yes sir We do have a problem...

And with Mexico, they'd be more than justified in getting it back on a myriad of fronts when considering the ways it was aquired as other states were. More discussed elsewhere on the issue:


 
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And I suppose they would want the United States to keep its government hands off their continued Medicare, huh?

If Florida were to secede, would the Social Security system become solvent for centuries?

Medicare/medicaid/food stamps/social security/education. The list goes on and on. Then, there's all the federal money they receive for their levies, their roads, etc. No more Army Corps of Engineers for you. No free trade between us and you. Nothing but heavy tariffs for the traitors. Really, I think we should blow up the levies, rail lines, and roads on our way out, but there's no need to be petty. They'll lose all those things just by virtue of being unable to maintain them. Next big hurricane that wipes out New Orleans or Houston - sorry about your luck. When Mexico decides to invade - why would we defend you? You wanted to be free of us. How are you liking it?
 
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No one leaves without consequences, just as parents tired of parents or whoever owns the house they live in talking about living on their own and not needing anyone....and after threatening to leave and walking away, they call home asking for gas money.
 
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Medicare/medicaid/food stamps/social security/education. The list goes on and on. Then, there's all the federal money they receive for their levies, their roads, etc. No more Army Corps of Engineers for you.

All of which they pay for in federal taxation. Washington D. C. does not have a magic money tree - despite all the well-wishing of the left

No free trade between us and you. Nothing but heavy tariffs for the traitors.

NAFTA?


Why do the left always threaten violence when their worldview is threatened?

In fact, here's a good one. Was it OK for Britain to threaten this retribution on the colonists in 1776?


if we're dealing with people who resent us so much that they would cut off their noses to spite their faces – why do we let them rule us?
 
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Louisiana is one of the biggest welfare states in the country.

Yeah---but they're a welfare state with petroleum.

Louisiana has the greatest concentration of crude oil refineries, natural gas processing plants and petrochemical production facilities in the Western Hemisphere; it's America's third largest producer of petroleum and the third leading state in petroleum refining; it's America's second largest producer of natural gas, supplying slightly more than one-quarter of the total U.S. production; and it produces 25 percent of the nation's petrochemicals.

So, let Louisiana secede. They nationalize their petroleum industry, throw out all the US Federal restrictions on petroleum production and refining, start pumping oil, and they sell it to the highest bidder.

My guess is they wouldn't be a welfare state for long. My guess is they'd probably be on a par with, say, Kuwait, or the United Arab Emirates.


We appear to be a nation of cities vs. suburbs/rural. It's a shame we don't see how we depend on each other.

"Let's hold a Farmer's Holiday!
A holiday we'll hold!
We'll eat our wheat, and ham, and eggs---
And let them eat their gold."
 
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All of which they pay for in federal taxation. Washington D. C. does not have a magic money tree - despite all the well-wishing of the left

Louisiana and Texas both receive more in federal subsidy than they pay in taxes. Louisiana gets almost a full $2 for every $1 they pay. So, it would actually save the US money to dump their butts.

Why do the left always threaten violence when their worldview is threatened?
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Nobody threatened violence. I threatened non-interference when Mexico would inevitably decide to try and take over Texas.
 
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Canada and Australia don't have "presidents," they have "prime ministers," - they are not chosen by the party and not elected by the voters.

Bro, I know that. I was making fun of another thread that was floating around here. ;-)
 
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To nationalize the oil fields currently in production, they would be breaking the contracts that the international corporations hold - in effect, Louisiana would have to steal the oil from its current owners. If they tried to sell this confiscated crude on the open international market, they would be sued.

How would the ordinary Louisianians benefit? By redistributing the profits from nationalized resources?
 
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Red states are generally more welfare states than blue states, which is particularly ironic given their penchant for complaining about socialism. So as someone living in a blue state, by all means, go away and stop mooching. More money/less taxes for the rest of us.

Actually, maybe that explains the US political system! Those living in the blue states rightfully feel like they don't get enough from the government, which is why they want more government spending (on them), whereas those living in red states actually see people getting way too much money from the government all around them, which is why they want to cut government spending (and we should, on those states)
 
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