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Christi McG (IL)'s avatar

We'd see the end of states such as Kentucky and other low income states sink and give up without the federal dollars keeping them afloat.

We'd see Hawaii fade due to cut or rapidly increasing costs of goods they need imported there. We'd see tiny civil wars break out and rapid migration of state's citizens and erecting of border walls. It would be completely nuts.

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Sharon's avatar

Hawaii would be happy not to be part of the United States. They didn’t want it in the first place and after living there for a few years you can see why. We have done everything to wipe out their cultures and traditions and shove our religion down their throats which is amazing when you consider why people fled to America in the first place. We stopped them from practicing their arts unless it was done in a hotel for the benefit of tourists. I met some very interesting people willing to tell me their stories. I wish I would have gone out everyday and written them down. It’s the first place I really experienced prejudice for being white. In even Korea they did not feel this way. I don’t blame them.

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Christi McG (IL)'s avatar

One thing I learned while in Hawaii is the second class citizenship that native Hawaiians live. It is appalling.

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Grace Kennedy's avatar

Or they could try to get help from foreign parties. I’m sure some could find that enticing.

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Citizen60's avatar

I think there would be regionalization. California and Washington both have strong financial vested interests in Hawaii remaining successful and free of foreign interference; they could contribute to Hawaii paying to "rent" the military to protect the islands. (They could probably pay that "rent" by selling just some of the land the military is still hanging onto there.)

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