I'm not advocating a neutral trade balance, I'm advocating NO TRADE. Screw the rest of the world. I'm advocating 100% isolationism. Screw the Monroe Doctrine, Screw anything international.
Anyway, this won't work for a state as it lacks the appropriate geographic expanse for isolationism to work and the Constitution currently bans secession That exactly what I expect, but I also expect the rest of the world to be in worse shape. The US is the economic engine that drives the rest of the world. Where would China be if we stopped buying thier stuff? >Try an experiment: lock down the border of, say, Louisana: no cross >border workers, only a neutral trade balance, etc. Lock that State >down. > >Where do you think they'd stand in 20 years? Marsh, dead bodies, and >a LOT of flies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238507 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
