'CalExit' - state's economy is large enough for California to become a sovereign country.

[Calista241]

47. People advocating this are crazy. It will never happen, and it would be a giant boon for Repubs.

California is a donor state now (and this is a recent development), but the Federal gov't has contributed uncountable billions of dollars to California since CA joined the union.

Just the physical assets, interstates, military bases, hardware and services provided by the Federal gov't would preclude separation. And that would apply to ALL states trying to leave the union, from Florida, to Texas, to Alaska and California. CA would have to pay the US back for those assets and prior investments that they keep in any separation.

And the rest of the US has complete control of California's water supply. California would have to negotiate for access to freshwater coming from the interior. They'd have to negotiate for travel access to enter the US, to flyover the US, and to export their goods to the US. CA citizens wouldn't be guaranteed travel or dual citizenship with the US.

This would be a catastrophe of unbelievably mega proportions, for everyone involved. There's basically a 99% chance the rest of the US goes to war over this, but assuming the 1% won that argument, CA would be perpetually indebted to the US for all of the shit mentioned above.