The problem is that an economy that is good for manufacturing is bad for finance. Also, there would be less prostitutionSJConspirator » 08 Sep 2021, 6:34 pm » wrote: ↑ I’m not even talking about states being independent, just the US. The Country is so vast, we have every natural resource, limestone in Indiana, oil in Texas, pure clean groundwater in Arkansas of the highest quality… we became the Arsenal of democracy in WWII because we have every resource needed for manufacturing, period.