“While we’re at it, since we’d be forming a new country, we should extend the invitation to counties in Canada and Mexico as well.”
Let’s not. Even conservative (by Canadian standards) counties have swallowed a bit too much of the Socialist swill to be conservative by our standards; Mexico - are you joking? At the very least, they will bring a penchant for corruption that is way beyond what we have here, and that’s a lot worse than it used to be. Besides, the skill level of most Mexicans is considerably below ours. Don’t need them, and shouldn’t want them.