Editorial: The United States No Longer Exists
By Editor (08/04/08)
What we now have is some 50 (or is it 57?) fiefdoms. Some of those fiefdoms are pro-Republic, some are just floating and some are anti-Republic.
Obvious anti-Republic operations are The Peoples Republik Of Kalifornia and The Peoples Republik Of Massachusetts.
Some several states are suspect: Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington. Washington, D.C. ain't no state, just a Socialist enclave.
I'm sure I missed some candidates, but the general idear should be clear.
The United States still exists and is revered by the average citizen. The problem is that the political elites in various States could care less!
Perhaps a quick review of one state might be of value?
The Peoples Republik Of Kalifornia refuses to support its own energy and water requirements and demands/depends on neighbor states to sustain its operations. That same state seems to think that it is exempt from generally accepted "National Standards" and its political and social values are not subject to such National consideration or evaluation.
States Rights was built into the Republic to prevent the Federal Government from gaining absolute control of the Republic, however some States have twisted and manipulated the rules to attempt to become self-serving political fiefdoms.
It is well known that the Federal Government has twisted rules to establish factious controls over rights reserved for States, that issue is not within the scope of this discussion.
The gang hanging around in the 1776 time frame came up with a rather unique political concept that did its best to gather a bunch of political entities described as States and provide a framework that would bring them together for their common benefit while giving them a specific independence from centralized control.
The question becomes, how individualistic can a State become without undermining the greater good?
Our economic and political structure in the US has evolved due to the omnipresent "Federal Income Tax" and other "Federal Taxes". All of that money inhaled by the Federal Government becomes a giant sledge hammer held over the heads of States.
That being said, do States have the right to blatantly refuse to support the Republic while demanding the Republic pay their bills? To some extent that argument may have some validity since a significant portion of the States personal wages are redirected to the coffers of the Federal Government.
It takes on a new aspect when a State refuses to respect the Republic. There is a very fine line between basic States Rights and States gone wild...
Kalifornia has declared it is a country, so it would seem the rest of us in the US have no obligation to save them from bankruptcy!
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