Believe it or not, you're likely to find stronger opposition to the idea of joining the U.S. in Alberta than in most other provinces in Canada. The rationale for this is simple: As bad as it is for them in Canada now, they know it would be far, far worse if they had to deal with a swamp-infested den of corruption known as the U.S. Federal government. Ottawa is a bunch of crooked bureaucrats, but they're feckless and often inept. Washington is far, far worse.
“The rationale for this is simple: As bad as it is for them in Canada now, they know it would be far, far worse if they had to deal with a swamp-infested den of corruption known as the U.S. Federal government. Ottawa is a bunch of crooked bureaucrats, but they’re feckless and often inept. Washington is far, far worse.”
This.
Stay away from Washington’s two million page Federal Register if you can. The United States of America was once based on the consent of the governed but that ended with the disaster at Appomattox.