Posted on 11/22/2016 10:08:33 AM PST by TigerClaws
The 2019 #Calexit Independence Referendum
In the Spring of 2019, Californians will go to the polls in a historic vote to decide by referendum if California should exit the Union, a #Calexit vote.
You will have this historic opportunity because the Yes California Independence Campaign will qualify a citizen’s initiative for the 2018 ballot that if passed would call for a special election for Californians to vote for or against the independence of California from the United States.
This is a very important question. It is the responsibility of this campaign to explain what a yes vote will mean for you, your family, your community, our state, our country, and our world. We have designed this website to answer many of these questions and look to you to ask more.
"As the sixth largest economy in the world, California is more economically powerful than France and has a population larger than Poland. Point by point, California compares and competes with countries, not just the 49 other states.”
In our view, the United States of America represents so many things that conflict with Californian values, and our continued statehood means California will continue subsidizing the other states to our own detriment, and to the detriment of our children.
Although charity is part of our culture, when you consider that California’s infrastructure is falling apart, our public schools are ranked among the worst in the entire country, we have the highest number of homeless persons living without shelter and other basic necessities, poverty rates remain high, income inequality continues to expand, and we must often borrow money from the future to provide services for today, now is not the time for charity.
However, this independence referendum is about more than California subsidizing other states of this country. It is about the right to self-determination and the concept of voluntary association, both of which are supported by constitutional and international law.
It is about California taking its place in the world, standing as an equal among nations. We believe in two fundamental truths: (1) California exerts a positive influence on the rest of the world, and (2) California could do more good as an independent country than it is able to do as a just a U.S. state.
In 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the international community with their “Brexit” vote. Our “Calexit” referendum is about California joining the international community. You have a big decision to make.
Things change...
Let them go, then Invade! I would love to make those Hollyweirdos live in refugee camps!
how were their opinions about texas seceding under obama?
methinks not the same same....
Don’t let the screen door hit ya in the a$$ on the way out...
CC
This is THE start of Balkanization of the USA.
It will most likely never happen, but we can dream, can’t we?
I wonder if this means liberals from other states will flock to CA like lemmings toward a cliff?
Where do I send my check?
Will never happen.
Californians are never going to get off the federal teat.
The snowflakes pushing Calexit have no idea what real independence would involve.
And you think the Democratic Party would just give up 55 electoral votes? Dream on.
Dear California... please leave. Take Washington state with you. Then we can build a REALLY big wall to keep your leftist vermin out of OUR country. What’s the loss to our side? I dunno. Some federal taxes? Or would that be off-set by our savings in welfare payments? Hollywood? Actors? This idea’s looking better and better.
OH YEAH!!! America gets better everyday and Trump isn’t even President yet...
Go ahead, Snowflakes. Kiss many of your freebies goodbye.
“It will most likely never happen, but we can dream, can’t we?”
So where will you go when FR is put out of business by Commiefornia if it becomes a reality?
Where can we contribute to the cause?
is there a poll we can freep to speed up the process?
Wage I inequality? Pelosi should spread some of her wealth around. This time there won’t be a “ Lincoln” around to stand in their way.
I am assuming Jim and John would find refuge in a saner state.
Actually, it’s all moot, purely a joke, so . . . no need to take me so seriously!
“This is THE start of Balkanization of the USA.”
So it may be, but when you look at the demographics of California today, the vast majority of the land area is inhabited by conservatives whose vote is overrun by mostly Los Angeles and to a much lesser extent by San Francisco. You really think that they will agree to being made part of a foreign country? The more likely scenario is that California will be broken up into as many as six states.
Nope, California isn’t getting off that easy. If they were to leave the union, California would just end up being another failed state of mexico in a short period of time. The US isn’t going to let the la raza/mecha reconquista guerrillas take over a US state.
If anything, the US should set its sights on the baja peninsula, as payment for providing for so many mexican nationals. Oh, and throw in the gulf of California too.
#CalGTFO
Here’s hoping they succeed.
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