U.S.A. - Should We Scrap the Whole Thing?

@Barrelracer1 Funny thing, I remember during Vietnam people who wanted to end the war and bring the troops home were seen as "not respecting" the military. Many saw it exactly the opposite.

@Barrelracer1 I disagree with that sentiment.

That's like saying abandoning a sinking ship is disrespectful to the people who built the ship.

Or leaving a burning building is disrespectful to architects.

Sometimes it's time to bail. Dysfunction is never to be tolerated simply for the sake of honoring the people who facilitated what it use to be

@plungesponge Audit the Fed! Good place to start..

Scary thing is that it's not even Federal. Completely privately owned. Talk about a hostile takeover

@JoyfulSilence I thought they were going to drain that...

@GerOttman They actually did, or else covered it over.

But some parts of town flood during heavy rains. I wondered why then learned that the road is on top of an old canal which used to be an old river.

@GerOttman you mean like Hawaii and Alaska and Puerto Rico and Guam?

@Eternity Yeah, US Virgin Islands, Guantanemo, probably a few other scraps lying about.

@GerOttman it would be best to divvy them up amongst the 5 nations. They're too small and separated to be their own thing.

In order to keep the united nations of America from fighting I think it would be best divide the US based on the main product/economic contribution of each region.

Agriculture, industry, foreign trade, energy production, and software development.

I know that all states do all of the above but there are set regions in the US who do each thing more than the others do.

I propose we divide each into it's own nation and have them specialize to each of their own affinities and give them exclusive rights concerning the production of their contribution.

That way even though each nation is separate and sovereign they each depend on each other in order to have access to critical aspects of modern life.

That, along with having a shared military, should suffice to stop any violent infighting.

@DearAmbellina2113 You have the freedom to leave. Not everyone in the world has that freedom. Whether anyplace else wants you is another issue.

@xp47rb I think it should be easier to leave your birth country and live somewhere else. Imagine how much less conflict there would be worldwide.

@DearAmbellina2113 There are malcontents everywhere. Most countries aren't real thrilled about people who don't contribute and are against their way of life. Some are pretty oppressive with such people. No one really wants them.

@wildbill83 wouldn't go quite that far but sure would quit letting them off and would like to see trials, sentencing and appeals all finished within 6 months max

@xp47rb Could use a little rewrite, clean up the flowery prose, make things a bit clearer from a contemporary point of view.

@SW-User That was my big objection to the whole MAGA slogan. I never acknowledged we weren't in the first place. "Fine"... Hmmm.. maybe a little rough around the edges, like my hair right now, could use a fresh trim and some styling!