Sell the North to pay for the South

[viper37]

It is amusing and I think it's deserving of its own thread
Sell Montana to Canada for 1 trillion$

Montana should be sold to Canada to help pay off some of the U.S.'s national debt, according to a petition on Change.org.

Ian Hammond, the petition creator, wants to sell The Treasure State to the nation's neighbor to the north for $1 trillion.

[Grey Fox]

You should stop reading websites that check change.org for stuff to talk about.

I like the idea.

[viper37]

You should stop reading websites that check change.org for stuff to talk about.

why?  Can't I laugh just a little during a day? 

Besides, it's Microsoft's fault if their stupid browser points there by default 

[Barrister]

Total Canadian national debt is only $690 billion dollars.  Personally I'd be more than opposed to more than doubling it. 

Even though Montanans would be more likely to vote Conservative, I still don't think it'd be worth it.

Plus you know, yadda yadda self-determination.

[Valmy]

I am pretty sure it is unconstitutional to sell a State to another country.

[Habbaku]

I am pretty sure it is unconstitutional to sell a State to another country.

I could probably cook up a defense of it. It'd just have to be couched as a treaty. The State of Montana would still exist, but it'd now be located in Wyoming.

[Grey Fox]

Total Canadian national debt is only $690 billion dollars.  Personally I'd be more than opposed to more than doubling it. 

Even though Montanans would be more likely to vote Conservative, I still don't think it'd be worth it.

Plus you know, yadda yadda self-determination.

Oh, we're not paying for it, the USA is via tariffs on the Montana crossing pipelines.

[viper37]

I am pretty sure it is unconstitutional to sell a State to another country.

It probably is to bypass Congress, divert funds, and build a wall that was expressesly refused by Congress to begin with.
Nevertheless...

[viper37]

Total Canadian national debt is only $690 billion dollars.  Personally I'd be more than opposed to more than doubling it. 

Even though Montanans would be more likely to vote Conservative, I still don't think it'd be worth it.

Plus you know, yadda yadda self-determination.

Oh, we're not paying for it, the USA is via tariffs on the Montana crossing pipelines.

[Eddie Teach]

Make it 22 trillion and you've got a deal. Even throw in North Dakota.

[Admiral Yi]

As long as we hold on to Wyoming, so we can continue to pull the strings of international finance.

[Eddie Teach]

Also, Yellowstone.

[viper37]

Make it 22 trillion and you've got a deal. Even throw in North Dakota.

I'll pass your offer to Justin.  He says debt is good and we shouldn't worry about it.
As soon as he's done with his SNC mess, he'll call you.

[Monoriu]

I don't think the Russians nowadays are terribly happy with the decision to sell Alaska. 

[viper37]

I don't think the Russians nowadays are terribly happy with the decision to sell Alaska. 

Donald could sell it back to pay for the wall.