> We'll see if the founders concept of a union of states is worth as much as it was proclaimed to be.

States can't issue their own currency, they're all going wherever the nation goes on this one.

That’s interesting. Hadn’t thought of it that way. I can’t for the life of me figure out why more blue states aren’t taxing their wealthy occupants to cover the gap in lost federal funding from DOGE. If they were smart they would start stretching that muscle.