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RainCaster

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5. Given this, any state can now secede!

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2025, 04:03 PM

Jun 27

Any state can interpret the Constitution as it sees fit. I would love it if Washington, Oregon & California all seceded. A large amount of federal taxes would stop coming into Washington DC.

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