It is amusing and I think it's deserving of its own thread :D
Sell Montana to Canada for 1 trillion$ (https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/sell-montana-to-canada-for-dollar1-trillion-to-ease-us-national-debt-petition-says/ar-BBTOSfX?ocid=spartandhp)
QuoteMontana (https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/west/montana) should be sold to Canada (https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/americas) 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.
You should stop reading websites that check change.org for stuff to talk about.
I like the idea.
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 19, 2019, 02:59:12 PM
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? :D
Besides, it's Microsoft's fault if their stupid browser points there by default :ph34r: :P
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.
I am pretty sure it is unconstitutional to sell a State to another country.
Quote from: Valmy on February 19, 2019, 03:07:03 PM
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.
Quote from: Barrister on February 19, 2019, 03:02:02 PM
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.
Quote from: Valmy on February 19, 2019, 03:07:03 PM
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...
:P
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 19, 2019, 03:31:16 PM
Quote from: Barrister on February 19, 2019, 03:02:02 PM
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.
:showoff: :hug:
Make it 22 trillion and you've got a deal. Even throw in North Dakota.
As long as we hold on to Wyoming, so we can continue to pull the strings of international finance.
Also, Yellowstone.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on February 19, 2019, 05:15:32 PM
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.
I don't think the Russians nowadays are terribly happy with the decision to sell Alaska.
Quote from: Monoriu on February 19, 2019, 07:39:11 PM
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.
$1 trillion? Our national debt is like $15 trillion. Our annual deficit is around $800 billion. If we are going to sell of states we should get more than a year or two of deficit spending.
However, if we are going to blow a bunch of money on the military anyway, maybe we could finance deficit reduction by liberating some of those Canadian oil fields...
We'd probably have to pay someone to take New Jersey.
Quote from: alfred russel on February 19, 2019, 08:02:19 PM
However, if we are going to blow a bunch of money on the military anyway, maybe we could finance deficit reduction by liberating some of those Canadian oil fields...
Trump is too lazy to invade a country himself. He'll ask Russia to do it.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on February 19, 2019, 05:21:05 PM
Also, Yellowstone.
Yellowstone is going to blow up. Sell it now, so the US won't be responsible for the damages.
Quote from: alfred russel on February 19, 2019, 08:02:19 PM
$1 trillion? Our national debt is like $15 trillion. Our annual deficit is around $800 billion. If we are going to sell of states we should get more than a year or two of deficit spending.
However, if we are going to blow a bunch of money on the military anyway, maybe we could finance deficit reduction by liberating some of those Canadian oil fields...
Please please please do it. But you will find the oil sands are not entirely feasible without a pipeline to the coast.
Quote from: dps on February 19, 2019, 08:22:24 PM
We'd probably have to pay someone to take New Jersey.
Yeah, who wants a US state with the third most developed humans in the US? :rolleyes:
If you want to sell, may as well do an auction to sell to the highest bidder. I suspect that Canada won't win in such a scenario. China or Saudi Arabia will probably get it.
Quote from: DGuller on February 20, 2019, 11:04:09 PM
Quote from: dps on February 19, 2019, 08:22:24 PM
We'd probably have to pay someone to take New Jersey.
Yeah, who wants a US state with the third most developed humans in the US? :rolleyes:
Bronzer doesn't make a person more developed.
Why not just give awaysell the South instead?
:sleep:
Quote from: Maximus on February 20, 2019, 11:38:19 PM
Why not just give awaysell the South instead?
We tried that and you morons made us stay.
Quote from: Habbaku on February 21, 2019, 08:53:22 AM
Quote from: Maximus on February 20, 2019, 11:38:19 PM
Why not just give awaysell the South instead?
We tried that and you morons made us stay.
As a slave, I lacked agency.
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 20, 2019, 06:29:21 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on February 19, 2019, 08:02:19 PM
$1 trillion? Our national debt is like $15 trillion. Our annual deficit is around $800 billion. If we are going to sell of states we should get more than a year or two of deficit spending.
However, if we are going to blow a bunch of money on the military anyway, maybe we could finance deficit reduction by liberating some of those Canadian oil fields...
Please please please do it. But you will find the oil sands are not entirely feasible without a pipeline to the coast.
Once it's there, they'll send the army to clear up any indian opposition to a pipeline. It worked before.