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It seems the national debt has risen yet again to unheard of heights...somewhere in the neighbourhood of a trillion dollars!!! Well, one enterprising person came up with a way to raise that money and bring down the debt. It’s a rather cheeky proposal, but many seem to thing it’s worthwhile and even quite doable.
The plan is….to sell Montana to Canada for the lofty price of one Trillion dollars!! Apparently Montana is just a big empty state that has no particular significance to the totality of the US, so why not let Canada acquire it? Here’s the actual petition:
Yes...it actually IS a petition. It started on Reddit as a joke, but soon took on a life of it’s own when people actually began signing it and leaving some hilarious comments:
- “ I’ve been to Montana and there is literally nothing inside it.” ( Andrew Harfenist)
- “ Lol! Who lives in Montana? I haven’t heard of that state in, like, ever! I even forgot it was a state...’
- “Canada: "Alright, we've got $1 trillion just lying around. With free healthcare, and every single working-age citizen having a job, we're looking to invest, so we'd like to ask the rest of the world to suggest how we do that." America: "Oh! Oh! How about we sell you Montana, and we''ll use the money to clear our national debt?" Canada: "Uh, why would we want to buy Montana?" America: "Well, there's lots of land, and..." Canada: "And?" America: "...Sheep..." Canada: "Hard pass. England, you had your hand up. What have you got?"
- ”I never liked Hannah Montana. Sell her to Canada”
- ”Nobody likes Montana except the 7 people who live there.”
Others think we Canucks should buy some other state:
- ”May I interest you in Michigan? Just think of the loonies you would save on the bridges alone. Good deal too: we would be willing for just half a trillion, and we would honor the exchange rate. Will through in changing the elk on the flag to a moose.”
- ”I've been trying to get Vermont in Canada for years. It's a good fit politically and we'd have all the maple syrup. And Cabot cheese, Lake Champlain too...so fork it over!”
- ”As a North Dakota and, please take us. We don't want to be apart of this God forsaken country anymore.”
What do you guys think?
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