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In reply to the discussion: Petition to sell Montana to Canada is gaining support [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)31. Actually, a lot of Montanans continue
to drive to Canada for health care. As a native Montanan, I heartily second this movement. Having grown up 40 miles from the porous border that my English grandfather walked across in 1910 ... and stayed ... thus becoming an "illegal" and having watched CBC during many of my formative years (US channels didn't have strong enough signals in those days), I've always considered myself somewhat Canadian.
In fact, many US Easterners ask me if I am. Apparently my accent is more akin to Canadian-speak than to US-speak.
But even if the obstacles you mention were no longer obstacles, I doubt very much that Canada would take MT, especially at the price requested.
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If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd sell Texas and live in Hell. (I'm a Texan) :)
walkingman
Feb 2019
#54
If I lived in Hell at least I know all my friends would come to visit me, eventually.
TeamPooka
Feb 2019
#65
Russia got them at a cheap price to as they were willing to roll over for power.
cstanleytech
Feb 2019
#18
Didn't the Russian trolls try to divide California into thirds, with a ballot initiative,
turbinetree
Feb 2019
#6
Please - sell Montana to Canada, and Wyoming, and Alabama, and Mississippi, and...
George II
Feb 2019
#11
Or maybe we could make billionaires and big business pay some damn taxes!
workinclasszero
Feb 2019
#30
How about Wisconsin? The Repubs thoroughly fucked what was once a pretty good state.
Paladin
Feb 2019
#47
Oregon and Washington are going succeed along with California, and go it alone
Brother Buzz
Feb 2019
#64