Originally Posted by CrazyIrish
Probably because we have a pretty good idea of how poorly such a scheme would work if enacted by the US Government. Trust me, it doesn't matter how solid, proven, or flawless an idea is, Uncle Sam will turn it into a total pooch screw.

Yes I know. I believe it's inevitable that the states will collapse within our lifetime. Uncertainty, low education and poverty are widespread. Strong polarization makes politics impossible. When China pass the states as an economy the rest of the world the states end up in the shadow which will be the spark that ignite the same pattern we have seen in failed states throughout the history. A civil war isn't unlikely. What state and what ideology rise from the ashes we do not know but it's unlikely to be democratic.