20 states looking for Sovereignty

[IsleofRhodesEnt]

It doesn't matter who did it first, only who does it last. It was wrong when the Republicans were in power, and it's still wrong to my mind. I don't particularly care which party stops it, only that it is stopped. Once that hurdle is crossed then we can deal with the other issues (the so called two party system among those). Actually, strategically speaking this poor economy is the perfect time to threaten a move like this. It such a move were to happen and the economy were to undergo total collapse then those in power are going to be in a very, very bad position. A far worse position than they're in now.

LOL....yeah...cuz those in power have been in bad positions EVERY OTHER time that an economic spiral has occured. Thats not how it works.

[Invictus]

I'm speaking of a crash, not a spiral. As far as result, think french revolution. My point is, it's a bullying tactic meant to force the federal government into giving the states the money they want, without the strings. Whether it will work or not is another issue entirely.

Edited April 20, 2009 by Invictus

[Troy Spiral (13)]

The original intention of the Jefferson/Madison line of thinking, that was of a looser aggregate of distinct communities. (We could argue the true nature of a republic, but I'll leave that aside for the moment.) Long feared to "tear appart at the first serious shock" by its critics. Something more like what the EU is now, has evolved (some might say devolved) into a single nation, with the so-called "states" being more akin to traditional provinces.

We sorted this one out 150 years ago with 600,000 (2% of the population) dead at the end of it. Before the civil war "the united states ARE..." was the common phrase, after it "the united states IS...". The Republican party being the "overlords" that won that one, states long ago were told they were not sovereign in the traditional sense. Although the GoP (more accurately called the BNP then) of the time would probably more approximate what the democratic party is now.