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Bluetus

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8. Not just their tax systems, but
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 07:48 PM
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their labor laws, their education system, their environmental laws, their gun laws and everything else up to a modern standard, such as we have is the blue states and practically all the advanced European states.

One might say, "This is impossible. That will take at least a 60-vote majority in the Senate and probably some Constitutional amendments".

Maybe, maybe not. There is great economic power in the blue states and we need to start using it. Some people call this a "soft secession." I prefer to think of it as less of a secession, and more of a case of "adult's table" and a "kiddie's table" at Thankgiving. To get the full benefit of the entrepreneurship and economic power of the blue states, the lesser states must make changes that will uplift their people and allow the blue states to stop carrying them year after year.

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