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Would the United States be better off as the Divided States?

Results so far:

No
70% 67 votes Total: 96 votes
Yes
30% 29 votes
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    by Ryan Aird

    Really? I cannot imagine a cohesive argument for the division of the United States of America. There are only two states (California and Texas) that have the resources and t...read more

  • 2 of 8

    by Morgan Johnson

    What would be the great value of dividing the most powerful nation on Earth into fifty bickering, uncoordinated cells? As it stands now Americans can travel, trade and commun...read more

  • 3 of 8

    by Rick Fontes

    My heart says "yes-yes" but there's "no-no" in my brain. Historically speaking it is too late to divide the United States. That ship has sailed. Given the realities of gl...read more

  • 4 of 8

    by Jan Fulton

    If individual states decided they no longer required the sovereignty of the United States of America, the problems would be more extreme than could be imagined. To be so close ...read more

  • 5 of 8

    by Robert Paturzo-Elliott

    Civil War is a fight between your own country, Australia has divided state whilst the over day the Victorian Premier insulted the State of South Australia with his remarks, the ...read more

  • 6 of 8

    by Victor Love

    If you can think (rationally), you should be able to come up with the right answer. A review of history and human tendencies will provide the answer, a loud and firm NO! will be...read more

  • 7 of 8

    by G. Schettino

    UNITED WE STAND What is the problem, we ask? Why would some of our States want to secede from the United States of America and stand alone? Are things actually that bad? W...read more

  • 8 of 8

    by Jeff Brooks

    The United States must remain united. What they must do, however, is remember first, to what end they were united and second, the importance of the individual state. The origi...read more

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    by Francis Palmieri

    This is truly a situation where unity of States brings weakness to the body: because we are united as one unit and have lost forty nine votes in the global grab for power. We ha...read more

  • 2 of 4

    by Peabody Snickersbee

    The United States and incidentally the world would be better off if the U.S. were divided into a number of separate nations. At the moment the U.S. suffers the worst of both...read more

  • 3 of 4

    by Nouri Arif

    As of this writing, (11/16/2008), the United States are anything but united. While they aren't fifty individual states with sovereign governments and laws unique unto themselve...read more

  • 4 of 4

    by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

    Many people accuse the Latins of being the cause of so many divisions in America. It does not matter if they came legally or illegally, they are blamed. Yet the same "American" ...read more

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