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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (50732)	8/12/2013 7:34:40 PM
From: sm1th	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

You think the feds forced 13 colonies into forming the US? it was The feds used force to keep states from leaving. Can a state terminate it's "contract" with the USA?

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (50732)	8/13/2013 10:20:44 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 85487

Since all 13 agreed, no, the feds didn't force them in to either the article of confederation, or the later constitution. But the colonies/first states, and even the people at the time, are not the people now. The colonies/states might have made a contractual agreement of sorts. The people then didn't, the people now are even further from such an agreement. Which is not to say that I want to break up the US, only that its an elected and appointed government not a partner in a contract.