In article , Edwin
Pawlowski wrote:

"Stark" wrote in message
And if the sale could be extended to the Louisiana Purchase, think of
all those wuthless red states that we'd git shut of. But I don't think
France could handle Kansas and Montana. I suspect they might try to
sell them to Iran where fundamentalism is a way of life.

I've had this idea of getting rid of the many politicians in Washington by
combining states. Do we really need 100 senators? Let cut it in half or
more. There won't be any North and South anything. Just make one big
Carolina. Same with Dakota, but toss in Nebraska too as no one pays much
attention to it anyway.

Delaware and Maryland hardly take up any space so combine them with the
Virginias. New Jersey has become a suburb of New York, so split it and give
the other half to PA. Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado makes a nice box
of a state. You get the idea. Now we double the number of citizens
represented by House members and effectively cut that group by half too.
Can you see the streamlined efficient Congress now?


Don't forget Tenntucky and Missibama. Don't know what to do with
Georgia. Move the Braves to Chattanooga, then sell it too along with
Florida and Texas.