Quote from FireWalker:
http://digg.com/political_opinion/Seceding_Arizona_from_the_US
Actually makes sense. 40% raise for everyone with little to no downside.
I seem to remember a few states trying this about 150 years ago and got the shit kicked out of them for trying it. Was a total disaster, not to mention that the minute they started printing their own money, it became worthless pretty fast.