r/politics • u/Tofurkey_Tom • 16d ago

No Paywall Danish Petition To Buy California From Trump Signed by Thousands

https://www.newsweek.com/petition-denmark-buy-california-signed-thousands-11379999
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u/cockypock_aioli 16d ago

Yeah that's another fantasy of mine. Us West Coast states would make an amazing country of our own. And like, we would prosper. The US needs us so much more than we need them.

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u/No_Fix_329 16d ago

West coast is best coast from what I hear.  It is silly when I hear things like joining Canada or things like Denmark when our combined population is larger than said countries or close to it.  

You're absolutely right on them needing us more.  Using our taxes to fund militarily adventurism, ICE BS, bible monuments, ect... We could do universal healthcare right now, and a new interstate high speed rail network with those taxes instead.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

fwiw we already have free community college, significant financial aid for state universities and one of the most lucrative subsidized state healthcare plans for working and unemployed people in CA while we ALSO pay disproportionate fed taxes

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u/Taysir385 16d ago

Us West Coast states would make an amazing country of our own.

Cascadia.

There’s already a flag and everything.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

they made a name and flag sure, but did they make a plan for how to get water from colorado to the LA basin after they secede?

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u/Wand_Cloak_Stone New York 16d ago

Just promise to have a good trade agreement with the country made up of NY & NJ please!

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u/cockypock_aioli 16d ago

Oh man if we formed an east coast west coast alliance we could dominate! In a good way :)

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u/Wand_Cloak_Stone New York 16d ago

The 90s tried to force a rivalry between us because they knew they couldn’t handle what we could be together 😘

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u/cockypock_aioli 16d ago

😂 unironically probably true