The dam has been breached. Flood waters are raging. People of conservative-leaning counties want to leave their liberal states and join neighboring conservative states. Also, people of conservative-leaning states want to secede from the union of the United States.
As reported on Just The News, a group of Colorado residents are looking into the possibility of secession from their state to join Wyoming and escape Colorado’s more liberal government, according to the group’s Facebook page.
The article in Just The News involves only the states of Colorado and Wyoming, however, more recently interest in secession from the union of the United States and counties switching states involved, in part, no less than Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. Not to mention initiatives in parts of other states to join adjacent states.
The reasons behind this desire to change allegiances largely involve political polarization. Republicans and Democrats are more divided along ideological lines, and partisan antipathy is deeper and more extensive, than at any point in decades.
The people of the states talking secession from the union of the United States may seriously be considering what they are escaping, but they must also consider what they are giving up.
They will have to start their own militaries and defense departments. The federal, government will close all the military bases in these states and withdraw all military and civilian service personnel. These states will have to fund their own social service programs. Interaction and relations with other countries will also become an important issue. And these are only a few offices and programs to be initiated. The full list may seem endless.
In the third largest county of Colorado, Christopher Richards is leading the push with his “Weld County Wyoming” political committee, which was created last year. The group is working toward getting a measure added to the November 2021 ballot that would encourage county commissioners to “engage and explore the annexation of Weld County with the State of Wyoming’s Legislature.”
“Denver and Boulder have declared war not only on Weld County but common sense itself with regulations designed to kill energy jobs,” according to a Facebook post. “Putting radical animal rights activists in positions of power over the ranching industry, two of Weld’s key economic drivers. They are also at war with small businesses.”
An online petition with over 8,400 signatures also voices residents’ frustration regarding gun rights, according to The Hill.
“Denver/Boulder have drove weapons manufacturers out of the state,” the petition read. “Rural schools, hospitals and all rural communities are getting ignored. Denver/Boulder only care about Denver/Boulder.”
Richards acknowledges the group faces an uphill battle in its effort to secede.
“Can this be done? Yes, it can be done. Is it going to be easy? No,” Richards said during a meeting posted to YouTube late last year.
The reallocation of a county would require votes in both state legislatures, as well as the U.S. Congress.
Jennifer Carroll, the mayor of Erie, a town in between Boulder and Weld counties, said that there is a lot to consider for Weld County voters.
She cited taxes on income, property and retirement income taxes as well as water rights “to name a few.”
“As the mayor of Erie, I respect the process and the cornerstone of voting,” Carroll said. “Ultimately, the people will choose the outcome. In my role, I can help residents discover the risks and benefits of such a measure. This measure will undoubtedly require a great deal of pre-education for voters.”
What say you Def-Con News readers? Are you content with the political flavor of your state? Are you in favor of your state seceding from the union of the United States? How would you be affected by your state seceding? Would secession affect retirement pensions? What about Social Security benefits?
