Interesting points.
Now, what happens if a state wants to secede from the union? What happens to their pro-rata share of the national debt, unfunded liabilities such as Social Security, etc.? Do their residents still have a claim on benefits such as Social Security? Does that state have to take on their share of the national debt as the price of exiting the union?
There are lots of practical questions which come up with talk of secession, such as national defense, and what to do about military bases in states that secede.
I can imagine, though, that once a state decides to do this, it could provoke a flood of states leaving, if it were decided that the seceding states were out from under the national debt and unfunded liabilities, and that the debt was the responsibility of only the states that stayed in the union.
Now, what happens if a state wants to secede from the union? What happens to their pro-rata share of the national debt, unfunded liabilities such as Social Security, etc.? Do their residents still have a claim on benefits such as Social Security? Does that state have to take on their share of the national debt as the price of exiting the union?
There are lots of practical questions which come up with talk of secession, such as national defense, and what to do about military bases in states that secede.
I can imagine, though, that once a state decides to do this, it could provoke a flood of states leaving, if it were decided that the seceding states were out from under the national debt and unfunded liabilities, and that the debt was the responsibility of only the states that stayed in the union.
Lots of questions to which I have no answers.
Realize, that I'm not advocating this particular course of action.
Just noting that it is being talked about.