Petitions for each state's secession

To secede the states need the Federal Governments permission, which they won't get. However it does show the frustration between those receiving the money and those paying the money. If you look at some of the states you have to wonder what is happening, New York is one of the states with a large number of signatures. To me a former upstate resident it shows the growing frustration with the state having to bail out the failing large cities. In NYC you used to ride the Staten Island Ferry for $0.05 now it is free paid for by the gas tax raised upstate where the people have to drive because of no mass transit. I remember a discussion in High School about increasing the parking fee to help cover the cost of the city bus system. In Wisconsin a couple of years ago there was a news article that the highest paid government employee was a bus driver in the city of Madison. He was making more than the Governor and two to three times what other public employees were making. For the longest time NYC residents could attend college for free - well paid for by the tax payers while the rest of the state had to pay much higher taxes. I think the feeling of the people is we want a smaller government and let us decide how to spend our money. Right now if you look at a precinct voting map you see the Democrats have the big city vote but not the rural vote. In California they just passed an increase tax on the people to solve the budget crisis. With nearly half of the people paying no income tax it is an easy vote because they get the benefits and non of the pain. If the government wants to tax dividends more then lets tax welfare benefits, after all they tax Social Security if you saved for retirement and have a separate pension. Lets have everyone have skin in the game as the President said when referring to millionaires and billionaires (then proposes to tax more those making $250,000 or more the man does not understand place value in numbers.) We are becoming a population of lets take from those who have it so we don't have to work. I say let them do something to earn the money.

I think this is hilarious on one hand and very scary on the other. On one hand I want to believe that it cannot ever happen - and yet we could actually see another civil war because of the crazy way our political system has become. I do believe the site to be legitimate - but not necessarily recognized by the government. However, from my understanding, if a petition gets 25,000 signatures the government has to issue a response.I do not think any one will actually secede though.

There's not really any existing legal mechanism for a state to secede so the petitions aren't likely to lead anywhere. However, that just goes to show that the petitions are illustrating a very real political problem: right now, there's no way to secede from the United States even if the people of a state want it. That's kind of strange considering I've heard plenty of American politicians speak in favor of the right of self-determination. Practically speaking, I think it's extremely unlikely any state would vote to secede even if given the opportunity, but shouldn't people have the right to choose their own fate at the end of the day?

Is it a legitimate site? They're posted on the White House website. Wait, no, the White House website is not a legitimate site, it's an Obama propaganda site. I doubt there will be any secession of states. This is a statement, this is to tell the President that these people are very unhappy with the state of the Union. These petitions require a certain number of signatures to get a response from the White House. I think this is a legitimate way of telling the President just how unhappy these states are with his governance and his policies.

Well....Texas just did it...OVER 23,000 signatures required for response from White House... http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20121112-texas-secession-petition-gets-enough-signatures-for-white-house-response.ece

Wow I did not know this but I am going to have to check it out. It is a scary thought but it is also refreshing. To me it says that the citizens of these states are tired of letting the government dictate to them and not listen to the wants of the people! After a search I find that my state is one of the ones filing petitions. I think I will go sign it!

This happens after every election, and we haven't had one secede yet.

While these petitions are not binding on the states listed, they do indicate a large amount of folks are not happy. And just because they are not legally binding, doesn't mean folks won't act to accomlish seccession by other means. People will become even angrier when prices go up, jobs are lost and rights taken from them. I've been accused of all sorts of things for conveying this grim message. I really don't care what the Obama supporters say anymore. My advice is to stock up and dig in. Times are going to get rough. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILJDudUpct0&feature=youtu.be

Uh oh... Divided we Fall!