Originally Posted by
noonwitch
You have noticed that the liberal yankees aren't the ones who are always yelling about seceding from the union. You southern facists are free to do so whenever you want, since slavery is no longer an issue and we yankees have no further Christian resonsibility to free slaves from their brutal and racist captors.
Good luck with funding Florida, though, as we will keep the Social Security system and all monies paid into up to the day your states choose to leave the union. That is, if Florida chooses to leave.
If it wasn't for us building the TVA for you all, you'd still be stuck in the 19th century, without electricity and running water in your rural areas. And, you will all be up the proverbial creek when the next major earthquake hits the New Madrid fault line and messes the whole thing up. The Great Lakes and all their fresh water are ours, and you will pay dearly to buy water from us. De-salination costs lots of money and yours will likely be worth about as much as confederate money was worth. Even without an earthquake-your side will remove all environmental regulation and the coal industry will destroy your drinking water.
So, go, enjoy your freedom. Build a wall around your new country, if you must, to protect that freedom, and shoot anyone who tries to cross it without the proper documents. It's what you want to do anyways.
PS to the rest of the posters-this is not how I really feel about the south. Just making a point to one person.