Before talking about “should California secedes from the US and become its own country,” people should understand what an independent country is. The United Nations (UN) has five requests for an independent country – to demonstrate political independence, diplomatic capacity, territorial integrity, legislation and justice, and population. Even so, it is not easy for a city or state to become a country. Fortunately, there are many examples in history. The examples shows that moving from a semi-autonomous region affiliated to another country or even from an independent city to become an independent country is affected by factors other than the five listed above. For example, some countries that are independent because of the political system
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Evidence adduced by Katharine Tillman shows that in most cases, states or cities seek to become independent countries so as to gain autonomy to maximize and appropriate their economic benefits (Tillman 3). For example, an emerging country like Singapore gained immense economic power after it gained its independence from its colonial masters. In this regards, it is fair to argue that should California become an independent country, it stands to access three core benefits. The first one is not to pay federal debts. Evidence drawn from figures availed by Mike Patton, the U.S. debt is nearing $20 trillion at a time when the country’s GDP stands at $29 trillion (Patton 1). While the internationally recognized safe public debt rate is 60% of a country’s GDP, the US debt rate has been more than 80% of the country’s GDP (Trading Economics 1). Figure 1 shows the current U.S. debt is almost reaching the high World War II record (Just Facts 1). This means that the average debt owed to every American is about 17.5 million US dollars. Since a country raises money by taxing its citizens and their properties, there is likelihood that the US government will take more money from Americans every year to finance its activities and pay its debt. California has a large population of about 40 million people; therefore it bears the biggest brunt of paying the US public debt every …show more content…
If California becomes an independent country, it will no longer be controlled by the US Congress or other federal government agencies such as Justice Department (Kanter 1). Such benefit can help California to establish a robust political system that addresses and promotes the interests of the people living within the state. For example, the country can give more unchallenged opportunities to young people to allow their build their political lobbying, oversight, and representation skills. Such policy would definitely improve the quality of life of the Californian
Evidence adduced by Katharine Tillman shows that in most cases, states or cities seek to become independent countries so as to gain autonomy to maximize and appropriate their economic benefits (Tillman 3). For example, an emerging country like Singapore gained immense economic power after it gained its independence from its colonial masters. In this regards, it is fair to argue that should California become an independent country, it stands to access three core benefits. The first one is not to pay federal debts. Evidence drawn from figures availed by Mike Patton, the U.S. debt is nearing $20 trillion at a time when the country’s GDP stands at $29 trillion (Patton 1). While the internationally recognized safe public debt rate is 60% of a country’s GDP, the US debt rate has been more than 80% of the country’s GDP (Trading Economics 1). Figure 1 shows the current U.S. debt is almost reaching the high World War II record (Just Facts 1). This means that the average debt owed to every American is about 17.5 million US dollars. Since a country raises money by taxing its citizens and their properties, there is likelihood that the US government will take more money from Americans every year to finance its activities and pay its debt. California has a large population of about 40 million people; therefore it bears the biggest brunt of paying the US public debt every …show more content…
If California becomes an independent country, it will no longer be controlled by the US Congress or other federal government agencies such as Justice Department (Kanter 1). Such benefit can help California to establish a robust political system that addresses and promotes the interests of the people living within the state. For example, the country can give more unchallenged opportunities to young people to allow their build their political lobbying, oversight, and representation skills. Such policy would definitely improve the quality of life of the Californian