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Alaska.
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year.


"S. Cargo" <scargo@muxnet.com> wrote in message 
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> The Wizard of Oz wrote:
>
>> Since the Americans seem to be heading down the road to financial ruin
>> with the Iraq war, it got me thinking about a possible solution. Namely
>> loan them some money (we are in a position where we are paying down our
>> debt) and have them put up one of their states as collateral. If they
>> default, the state becomes part of Canada. We could specify the state
>> has to share an existing border with Canada, otherwise the Americans
>> could choose. Leaving aside the issue of would they actually go for it
>> and live up to the agreement on default... Which state do you think
>> they'd put up and which state would we (as Canada) want?
>
> We should sell Canada to the states for Thirty Trillion US$
>
> That would be enough to pay off our 2.5 Trillion debt and have
> enough left over to give every Canadian 1 Million dollars.
>
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