Let's just give them the capitalism they say they want. We're sending Red states a far larger amount of federal funds than they send in (I believe the stat is red states average $2 received for every dollar sent and it's like 70ยข for every dollar sent is returned to blue states.
Red states are literally welfare states. What happened to bootstraps there?
Just have the east and west coasts leave, most of the rest doesn't contribute and the south has always been a massive net negative dragging us back to the dark ages but covered in more shit.
No, the US GDP is about $30T and China is second with about $20T. California GDP is just over $4T, so the US would probably need to lose several other states too before being overtaken by China, though those states would be a solid #3 over Germany, assuming they left as a bloc.
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MyOpinion@lemm.ee · 57 pts · 1y
And we are trapped in a country run by MAGAts.
veroxii@aussie.zone · 20 pts · 1y
Convince Oregon and Washington and you guys can join Canada as a contiguous country.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 1y
Would be nice. Too bad Newsom and Pelosi are too in on the grift to care about their constituents.
fishy@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 1y
Let's just give them the capitalism they say they want. We're sending Red states a far larger amount of federal funds than they send in (I believe the stat is red states average $2 received for every dollar sent and it's like 70ยข for every dollar sent is returned to blue states.
Red states are literally welfare states. What happened to bootstraps there?
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
You think that's why those states aren't seceding?
InverseParallax@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Just have the east and west coasts leave, most of the rest doesn't contribute and the south has always been a massive net negative dragging us back to the dark ages but covered in more shit.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 1y
I 100% agree and welcome our new citizens from the south.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
I dunno... There's at least a single ray of hope.
https://www.courthousenews.com/breaking-up-is-hard-to-do-california-secession-movement-pushes-forward-on-ballot-question/
Blackout@fedia.io · 21 pts · 1y
One day it might even be bigger than the U.S.
Xanthobilly@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
Suck it Japan!
taulover@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 1y
Rip their demographic crisis tho
Rubanski@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
Germany is already trembling
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
Time to secede with Oregon, Washington and Hawaii. Since this administration is wiping trumps poopy diaper with the constitution anyway
skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 1y
OCATMBBL@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
If the US were to lose CA, would the US's position change?
Rekhyt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
No, the US GDP is about $30T and China is second with about $20T. California GDP is just over $4T, so the US would probably need to lose several other states too before being overtaken by China, though those states would be a solid #3 over Germany, assuming they left as a bloc.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
As a Californian my top cessation concerns would be
skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de · 0 pts · 1y
lazynooblet@lazysoci.al · 6 pts · 1y
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
Tiger666@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Did the US drop a rung?