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Originally Posted by http://voices.yahoo.com/article/9776067/secession-us-constitution-consequences-11877496.html?cat=37
But, if Congress did agree to a peaceful secession, it would open up a whole new can of worms. Conservatives claim that we'll all be better off without "BIG GOVERNMENT", but what would happen to all of the federal property in the seceding states?
The national parks, monuments, historic sites, federal buildings, post offices, military installations, prisons, veterans hospitals, and other property comprises millions of acres of prime real estate, as well as buildings and furnishings. Do you think the federal government would just let that property go? Shouldn't the states have to pay the U.S. government for it? Where would they get that much money?
The states would lose all of their federal funds for welfare, food assistance, housing, utilities, education, and other public benefits programs. College loans and grants, small business aid, farm subsidies, disaster assistance, FHA and VA mortgages, food and drug inspection, FDIC insurance on consumers' bank deposits, first responder grants, conservation services, interstate highways, environmental protections, civil and workers' rights, and all of the other federal benefits would vanish immediately.
That would cause state unemployment rates to rise drastically because all of the former federal employees in the states would be unemployed overnight. And that ripple effect would generate more unemployment in those communities. Would the states fund those unemployment benefits? How would they absorb that many more unemployed people? What would happen to those families?
The states would have to create their own post offices, currencies, passports, regulatory agencies, international relations and defense frameworks, public benefits, transportation, infrastructure, and other systems. How long would you be willing to wait for your state legislature to sort all of that out?
What would happen to any citizens who didn't want to secede? Would they have to move to a non-seceding state? Would they still be American citizens? What would happen to their property?
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