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10. "We have no choice but to" is fantasy

Sat Sep 19, 2020, 11:48 PM

Sep 2020

There are always choices, and adding states is going to be about negotiation, I think.

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We have no choice but to add US states in 2021! [View all] Wanderlust988 Sep 2020 OP

Create more states by splitting ones? bcool Sep 2020 #1

I recall reading that Texas negotiated the option Cirque du So-What Sep 2020 #2

That would require a vote by the people first Wanderlust988 Sep 2020 #3

And yet it happened anyway Angleae Sep 2020 #13

East Texas wouldn't guarantee them Republican senators Proud liberal 80 Sep 2020 #5

Yeah, I was just about to say. W_HAMILTON Sep 2020 #8

That's not going to happen Hekate Sep 2020 #11

If an island group existed that was populated texasfiddler Sep 2020 #6

State of Sequoyah. roamer65 Sep 2020 #9

"We have no choice but to" is fantasy Hekate Sep 2020 #10

And merge the Dakotas Silent3 Sep 2020 #12