Should the US be split into three countries?

Interesting no one so far thinks it should remain one country.

 

You need to know how they count government workers. Are military counted? Are postal workers counted?

Here is a better set of data with explanations:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/141785/gov-employment-ranges-ohio.aspx

 

I don't think that 2 or 3 countries are enough.

I think it will take 5. One for each of the following groups:

far left
left
center
right
far right

With modern technology it can be decided at the county level which of the 5 countries you want to belong to. Then let the fun begin.

 

On that subject:

Just thinking about who would get access to the Mississippi - thinking about how much of the country is tied up in its system of tributaries - is enough to make your head hurt.

 

10: Nebraska - toss up (purple)

9: NY - blue

8: Idaho - red

7: Kansas - red

6: West Virginia - blue

5: North Dakota - toss up

4: Mississippi - red

3: New Mexico - blue

2: Alaska - toss up

1: Wyoming - red

3 blue states, 3 toss ups (purple) and 4 blue - I wouldn't go so far to call it "basically red states"

as per 112th Congress:

 

Past 2 elections, ND, AK, NE and WV went red. 8 red, 2 blue.

I'll try and find the sales figures for SKOAL to make it more definitive.

 

As I'm sure you well know, the US was originally "a bunch of more-or-less sovereign and separate states... and the Federal government was small and with limited powers... which was a good thing. (If you didn't like a state's policies, you could move to a more favorable one.)

But since the Federal Government has become all powerful... and the citizens failed to protest and prevent that growth in power.... the "state" matters little any more. America has become an oligarchy... all the dancing around elections and personal freedoms are mostly just theater.

 

Just deport or send Obama supporters out of USA. Problem solved.

Also send Obama back to Kenya where he came from.

 

The "other handers" better have a lot of money to fund the police force

 

So in this case would we be on the loonie and peso, or would forex traders be wheeling and dealing in the newly formed TEX/EUR cross?