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Secessionists Formally Launch Quest for California's Independence

posted by martyb on Wednesday November 23 2016, @05:25PM   
from the you-can-go-your-own-way-♩♫♩♫ dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Supporters of a plan for California to secede from the union took their first formal step Monday morning, submitting a proposed ballot measure to the state attorney general's office in the hopes of a statewide vote as soon as 2018.

Marcus Ruiz Evans, the vice president and co-founder of Yes California, said his group had been planning to wait for a later election, but the presidential election of Donald Trump sped up the timeline.

"We're doing it now because of all of the overwhelming attention," Evans said.

The Yes California group has been around for more than two years, Evans said. It is based around California taxpayers paying more money to the federal government than the state receives in spending, that Californians are culturally different from the rest of the country, and that national media and organizations routinely criticize Californians for being out of step with the rest of the U.S. 

Could California go it alone?

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• Re:What about the border Re:What about the border (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @08:52PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @08:52PM (#432095)

  Who's going to pay?

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• Re:What about the border Re:What about the border (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @09:08PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @09:08PM (#432112)

  The Californians! Duh!

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  • Re:What about the border Re:What about the border (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @09:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @09:20PM (#432122)

    I think the state of Texas should pay, that will make the financing a lot easier.

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    • Re:What about the border (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @09:42PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @09:42PM (#432141)

      Texas would just open a theme park along the border, offering 10 shots for $5 to anything trying to escape.

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  • Re:What about the border Re:What about the border (Score: 1) by Arik on Wednesday November 23 2016, @10:29PM

    by Arik (4543) on Wednesday November 23 2016, @10:29PM (#432175) Journal

    Except they'll be bankrupt within days of secession, they won't even be able to buy water, let alone build a wall.

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    • Re:What about the border (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @10:42PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @10:42PM (#432183)

      I see satire just does not play here.

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• Re:What about the border (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @09:33PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @09:33PM (#432132)

  Who's going to pay?

  By the logic of your president-elect, the people you want to keep out are responsible for paying for the wall. So to answer your question, the US government is responsible for paying for a wall to keep the unwashed masses out of California.

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