There are currently 95 counties and 39 independent cities in Virginia. Let's imagine that Virginia were to secede from the federal system and devolve political power from Richmond to the local communities. Suppose Virginia were to become a confederation of 134 sovereign political entities. What exactly would we be giving up?
A federal regime that is 17 trillion in debt? Federal entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare that will be bankrupt within a generation? A military-industrial complex that spends more money on armaments than most of the other countries combined? The Federal Reserve with its policy of permanent inflation?
Let's face it. The American Empire is sinking. The question is not how to save the ship but how to go about building the lifeboats from which we will escape its clutches. What good does Rome on the Potomac do for Virginians, anyway? Let's take a look at some of the more successful nations around the world: Switzerland, Norway, Finland, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Holland, and Luxemborg. What do they have in common? They are small, relatively self-sufficient, and capable of being responsive to their citizens' needs. Which is a better model for Virginia? To remain a precinct of the United Soviet States of America, or to forge its own independent path?
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