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All-In [42139]
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Oh, let's have some fun, P&R
Dec 21, 2018, 11:56 AM
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Since our government is shutting down and the world is burning, let's have a little fun today.
Here's a great icebreaker question I heard used one time, so I thought I'd throw it y'all and see what you would say.
If you could kick one--and only one--state out of the United States (they have to become their own sovereign nation), which one and why?
I go with Ohio so they have to use a passport to get to SC.
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California. Enough said.
Dec 21, 2018, 12:00 PM
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But think of all the red states that depend on
Dec 21, 2018, 12:08 PM
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that economy and its federal tax dollars.
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LOL SC is screwed without California's tax funding
Dec 21, 2018, 1:52 PM
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SC operates in the red when it comes to government handouts versus government tax revenue.
California is heavily in the black.
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I'm going to break the rules of your game
Dec 21, 2018, 12:01 PM
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and make multiple choices, with a reason for each.
-Ohio-you already said it, and if you're on a SC-centric forum, you already know why.
-CA--love the state, but it's a different planet from the rest of the country, and you KNOW most of them would love to be an independent country too.
-WV--I would accept the higher coal prices, this state adds nothing substantial to the US.
-CT--everyone.....EVERY ONE I have ever met from Connecticut is a dork and a giant tool.
-FL--because I hate New Yorkers but would hate to cut NYC out of the country's fabric.
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Oculus Spirit [81049]
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Know why Florida doesn't fall into the ocean?
Dec 21, 2018, 3:08 PM
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Because Georgia sucks!
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Easily Texas. They've done it before and won't shut up
Dec 21, 2018, 12:04 PM
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about it.
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South Carolina
Dec 21, 2018, 12:14 PM
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Oculus Spirit [83073]
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Alabama.
Dec 21, 2018, 2:12 PM
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All the trophies then belong to us.
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Re: Oh, let's have some fun, P&R
Dec 21, 2018, 2:18 PM
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Mississippi. It is the most hopeless of all the red state welfare queens.
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Oculus Spirit [93658]
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Change the welfare laws.
Dec 21, 2018, 2:23 PM
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It's that simple.
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Charleston.
Dec 21, 2018, 3:09 PM
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The capitol could revert back to the customs house, and we could charge ridiculous fees for entry.
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Re: Oh, let's have some fun, P&R
Dec 21, 2018, 3:30 PM
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To take the question seriously, you'd want it to be a state that contributes the least economically and culturally while not being landlocked by the US.
Conservatives love to say California while liberals love to say Texas, but losing either of those would be crippling. If nothing else, losing the ports would be awful for US imports and exports.
So without doing deep research into what states contribute what, my first thought is North Dakota. I don't know that it has the means to be self sustaining, though. It might be better for it to be a coastal state. So my second choice would be Maine. I'd entertain arguments for New Hampshire as well.
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110%er [7207]
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Missouri***
Dec 21, 2018, 3:32 PM
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How is anyone answering anything other than Florida?***
Dec 21, 2018, 4:20 PM
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SD or WY ... force them to be completely surrounded by us
Dec 21, 2018, 5:47 PM
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Or Florida. Those fools be cray cray
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