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Add Georgia and Missouri to the list. I'm surprised to see New York and New Jersey o the list.

I mean, its just a rando making the petition, isn't it? It's not like it was the choice of the state government. I'm surprised there aren't more states.

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I mean, its just a rando making the petition, isn't it? It's not like it was the choice of the state government. I'm surprised there aren't more states.

Yes. I wouldn't be surprised if it was just one guy submitting all the petitions.

And yes, Texas is a Republic. From what I remember, Texas reserved the right to be an independent nation when they joined the union, if they should so decide in the future. (Mostly a myth.)

edit: The Republic of Texas first formed when it broke away from Mexico, but the USA wasn't interested yet. Vermont and Hawaii were also Republics before joining the Union.

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Ok, it wasn't the easiest thing to find in gov websites...

The number of petitions has doubled over the weekend.

All petitions expired without the necessary amount of signatures,

except for the following states:

Texas has 120,111 signatures.

Louisiana has 37,534 signatures.

Florida has 35,402 signatures.

Georgia has 32,531 signatures.

Alabama has 30,643 signatures.

North Carolina has 30,873 signatures.

Tennessee has 31,568 signatures.

South Carolina has 25,139 signatures.

Petitions to the White House

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitions

All 50 States currently found to have petitions:

Vermont (new Thursday)

Connecticut (new Wednesday)

Maryland (new Wednesday)

Washington (new Wednesday)

Hawaii (new Wednesday)

Massachusetts (new Wednesday)

Washington (new Wednesday)

Iowa (new Wednesday)

Maine (new Wednesday)

New Mexico (new Tuesday)

Minnesota (new Tuesday)

New Hampshire (new Tuesday)

Illinois (new Tuesday) (two petitions)

Idaho (new Tuesday)

Rhode Island (new Tuesday)

Virginia (new Tuesday) (three petitions)

Wisconsin (new Tuesday)

South Dakota (new Tuesday)

West Virginia (new Tuesday)

Nebraska (new Tuesday)

Alaska (new Tuesday) (two petitions)

Kansas (new Tuesday) (two petitions)

Utah (new Tuesday) (two petitions)

Wyoming (new Tuesday)

California (new Tuesday) (three petitions)

Ohio (new Monday night) (three petitions)

Delaware (new Monday night)

Nevada (new Monday night)

Pennsylvania (new Monday night) (two petitions)

Arizona

Oklahoma (two petitions)

Arkansas

South Carolina (two petitions)

Georgia (three petitions)

Missouri (two petitions)

Tennessee

Michigan

New York (two petitions)

Colorado

Oregon

New Jersey

North Dakota

Montana

Indiana

Mississippi

Kentucky

Florida

North Carolina

Alabama

Texas

Louisiana

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Which begs the question. If the entire country wants to secede from itself, what happens?

Do we get to vote on a new government? Or start over? Or somehow divide it up?

The petition venue is new, and there isn't really a recourse by law or legislation.

Or will it be ignored. A lot more valid signatures are required to put a legal vote on a ballot.

(Which is actually funny... we the people choose to ignore ourselves...)

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Didn't the Soviet Union go through something similar after the Cold War?

Yes, the Soviet Union disbanded into separate states.

All are well and doing fine...

(Although they sometimes fight each other over terrorism or other stuff.)

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Separate countries' date=' don't you mean? It may be a semantic thing, but calling them states would infer they belong to something larger than themselves, right?[/quote']

Ok ok the separated states became sovereign countries.

Which I think most of them were before joining the Soviet Union by force or will. A couple were parts of Germany, territories I think...

East bloc countries taken in WW2 or invasions after were freed also.

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This reminds me of a whiny "know-it-all" teenager that wants to move out at 15 y/o.

Do these states have any plans, or just a bunch of whining?

lol, it could actually be 15yo kids submitting the petitions.

It wouldn't hurt most states to give some thought to a disaster plan. If each state found themselves on their own. A step toward that is individual state currency. Valid if the federal reserve goes belly up. South Carolina, Georgia, Idaho and Indiana are the first ones to vote on it. Thirteen states considering it. Minnesota, Tennessee, Iowa, Virginia, North Carolina, Utah, Idaho, New Hampshire, Wyoming.

edit: Gold and silver state currency is already legal in Utah. Legalized in 2011.

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Plans? Like what? Are you suggesting that Texas can't/won't endure without the rest of us?

Plans for government, economy, continued relationship with remaining U.S., infrastructure......

Texas could easily live without the rest of the U.S. Are Texans willing to work hard for this as a common goal? I have my doubts.

...I don't see Louisiana surviving on theit own.

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Louisiana, a bit rough, with no changes in the future. I think it's the off shore oil industry that keeps Louisiana going. Mississippi to the East is in rough shape. The states that pay little but take a lot from the federal government are Mississippi, West Virginia, and New Mexico.

Map of the states here:

http://skydancingblog.com/tag/federal-aid-to-states/

Notice that really only 21 of the states show a profit in terms of federal income/spending. And only 3 are in really good economic condition.

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Map of the states here:

http://skydancingblog.com/tag/federal-aid-to-states/

Notice that really only 21 of the states show a profit in terms of federal income/spending. And only 3 are in really good economic condition.

Illinois is in HORRIBLE economic condition. The map is misleading. Maybe it's just all shades of horrible between the states.

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There's a difference between bad state spending and bad federal involvment.

Wait, I've got a map for that... lol.

States Draw Up Plans for Year of Even Bigger Budget Cuts

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http://sg.wsj.net/public/resources/images/NA-BB941_STATES_NS_20091111235425.gif

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Texas wants this :rolleyes:

36,186 votes from a population of approximately 25,674,681. A whopping 1.4%

Yes, but at the current rate they will have 10.8% (edited) within the time limit. That's huge. Considering all of this is not in the news. errr, or wasn't... CBS picked it up 5 hours ago. ABC and NBC picked it up an hour ago. Mostly because it hit the minimum required numbers of signatures. We'll see what happens now. Maybe all of Texas will sign it. Heck, maybe the entire country will sign it. We'll have a big party.

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While 7.5% could be within reach...I think it means nothing. They would need the majority of the state population or close to the majority of their elected officials to even think of this as a possibility.

You are correct that this should have ben in the news awhile ago. Unfortunately there is only so much internet...and I needed to hear the latest Twilight gossip.

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