[Magdalen] Another Scotland?

[Roger Stokes]

On 13/11/2015 17:06, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> I've read several news items recently that describe various
> stages of "independence" for the State of Hawaii.  These  movements
> consist of various special interest groups, such as the 100,000 or so
> ethnics of pure Hawaiian/Polynesian ancestry, as well as other groups
> who have different political agendas.
>   
> The proposals run the gamut from complete independence for Hawaii
> with no residual strings attached to the USA and various levels of
> autonomy in between.

I would have thought they would need to maintain soime level of link to 
cover such things as defence and foreign relations.  To fund these 
themselves would be very expensive.  There is also the question as to 
how much money the rest of the USA pumps intyo the Hawaian economy.  The 
Scots calling for independence point out how much the UK exchequer 
benefits from taxes on oik in Scottish waters.  They conveniently forget 
how much England has subsidised Scotland with since they sought union 
300 years ago.

> What is interesting is that the USA officials dealing with these  proposals
> are described as in full cooperation with these proposals for  autonomy.

I can understand the officials doing this.  When independence does not 
come the US government does not want to be blamed "We could have 
achieved independence if you had facilitated it".  Cooperate so they 
find out for themselves it wouldn't work.

Roger