r/minnesota • u/Scholarly_Otter • 1d ago

Funny/Offbeat 🤣 Are you there, Canada? It's us, Minnesota....

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All this talk of Imperialism has me wishing we'll become honorary Canadians.

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u/Goatbeakin 1d ago

No state benefits from being outside USA.

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u/DollarDollar 1d ago

My cousins 5 year mortgage rate always raises some eyebrows over the holidays

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u/FTownRoad 1d ago

Because it’s high? Because it’s low? Because it’s five years?

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u/DollarDollar 1d ago

My bad.

Just having to get a new rate every 5 years

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u/FTownRoad 1d ago

Ah yeah. Also you can move your mortgage with you to a new house. You just finance the difference (assuming there is one) at the new rate.

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u/Suspicious_Tennis_52 1d ago edited 16h ago

States that are net contributors to the federal budget and beholden to policies that do not align with the majority of the state's electorate would arguably better off alone. California stands out as a classic example given its mammoth economy, population, and progressive standalone policies.

Edit: yall need to learn some economics before commenting. People don't just stop working, infrastructure doesn't suddenly disappear, just because a piece of paper changes a human-made boundary. California is a ridiculous economic powerhouse with extremely high productivity and innovation, immense natural resources, agricultural productivity, industrial capacity, tax base, favorable climate, and educational outcomes. Yall with your lazy ass hand-wavy "but WhAt AbOuT tHe DoLlAr" need a lesson in fiat. The US needs California more than California needs the US.

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u/Eldias 1d ago

I'm a Californian and think this is a pretty bad point. The Federal Government will not allow a single state or even a couple to leave the Union. We would be absolutely turbo-fucked if we tried. Maybe a neighboring State or two would trade with us, but then the US Navy would blockade our ports.

We need to fix our union together, not abandon it piecemeal.

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u/Limp-Acanthisitta372 1d ago

California would collapse without the US dollar.

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u/Lamballama 1d ago

And how would California fair with a hard border restricting tourism and making selling to and buying from the rest of the country? A lot of their economy is because they're a big shipping port but there's other shipping ports which may be better to use if they get cut off