What if we just renamed the country and pretend we formed a new one. Then technically all contracts and treaties the US has ever signed would be void, and we wouldn't have to take anyone's shit. It's almost as genius as an international pyramid scheme.

We could become the United Provinces of America. GO UPA!

UPA FTW

The word "Province" is too gay for Americans.

WHAT ABOUT PROVINCHE

SOUNDS SMUG ENOUGH FOR YOU HOLLYWOOD TYPES

"territories" would be more badass syntax. People from Boston would ask what "Terror Tree" your from. I think we should divide the country into quadrants. Make St. Louis the capital for geographic reasons and have the 0,0 of the quadrant in the middle of the new white houses roof.

They could refuse to let American corporations use their cheap manual labor to make cheap plastic toys and Walmart merchandise. Our economy would crumple within a week.

We have Mexico still.

They very well might look to China as an example. >:

If they had money and a sizable army. But the don't, so they can't.

Never underestimate the power of crazy people in large numbers.

That has nothing to do with it. STOP MAKING SHIT UP JUST TO TALK.

Tadao, I thought you were all mellow and nice now.

Only to the wimps. She can take a hit way better than some of those pussies.

what the fuck happened to the bunnies?

life's so much easier when you learn that when someone hits you, you hit them back twice as hard.

Kitsas right, just ask an Israeli.

Thanks, I think. :\

I'm wearing my Starbucks Tel Aviv shirt right now.

I'm not too up to date on current events so feel free to flame me if any of this is irrelevant, but the fact of the matter is, if a business needs to rely on the government to stay afloat, doesn't that mean it's giving the government the final say-so? It's almost like an adoption, really.

Besides, how fair is it that mismanagement be rewarded by billions of dollars in bailout money, and the same manager that ran the company into the ground gets a fabulous cash prize?

I'm not looking at the bigger picture because, if Right Wing Talk Radio is to be believed, looking at the bigger picture leads to endless slippery slope fallacies (Look at this AIG stuff OMG communism!!111) So I look at it like, why should my taxes go to a company that's going to sink anyway? If a CEO gets a golden parachute, let it be for competence, not because we opened up our wallets to throw them a lifesaver.

You look at the big picture and you'll see the ice caps melting and the sun burning out and all of humanity dying. It's dead depressing. :(

And it seems to me that no one was screaming "COMMUNISM!" and "UNFAIR!" until it was the rich that started getting taxed. Like they suddenly realized how the country gets stuff funded. Idiots. >:

its not really the taxes that make it communistic ;o but i guess that might have some kinda influence

Paying taxes leans towards socialism, which people get mixed up with Communism. Our country uses a mix of socialism and capitalism, to balance each other out. If it were only one or the other, things would be worse.

Social Security

I think it could be argued that taxes don't really control productivity *shrug* but yea we do have a mixed economy.

still i dont think its raising taxes on rich people that gets people's panties in a bunch.