Comments on: Federalism, Secession, and Free Trade http://athousandnations.com/2009/07/02/federalism-secession-and-free-trade/ Towards a Cambrian Explosion in Government Tue, 29 May 2012 02:19:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: euandus http://athousandnations.com/2009/07/02/federalism-secession-and-free-trade/#comment-975 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:05:51 +0000 http://athousandnations.com/?p=362#comment-975 See if you think I’ve got it right in how I depict federalism. I had several replies to my posts so I wrote another in defense of the governmance system. If you are interested in having a look, here is the link. http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/coming-soon-a-post-on-problems-with-a-resurgent-federalism/

]]> By: sconzey http://athousandnations.com/2009/07/02/federalism-secession-and-free-trade/#comment-552 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:31:39 +0000 http://athousandnations.com/?p=362#comment-552 Well, we’re okay until the Lisbon treaty is ratified… If the Irish hang in there, or vote “No” a second time, Dave’s promised a referendum.

There’s also the issue that in Britain a Parliament is not allowed to pass laws that bind or restrict future Parliaments. Were we to wish to leave the EU, no doubt we could argue that this Parliament, in ratifying Lisbon, agreed to something it could not agree to.

]]> By: Gabor http://athousandnations.com/2009/07/02/federalism-secession-and-free-trade/#comment-529 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:31:52 +0000 http://athousandnations.com/?p=362#comment-529 Except it’s not possible to leave the European Union under current contracts. To be more precise, all member states would have to agree unanimously to “let you leave”. One of the points of the Lisbon treaty is to allow any country to leave the EU by its own decision alone. So the last paragraph of the article is complete rubbish.

]]> By: Secession Week Blogging: Thursday – Federalism (Secession Lite) « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom http://athousandnations.com/2009/07/02/federalism-secession-and-free-trade/#comment-373 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:37:26 +0000 http://athousandnations.com/?p=362#comment-373 [...] theme here on A Thousand Nations.  Will Chamberlain contributes another original piece on Federalism, Secession, and Free Trade, as does Mike Gibson in Foundations of Federalism: Experimentation & Value Pluralism.  And I [...]

]]> By: Foundations of Federalism: Experimentation & Value Pluralism « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom http://athousandnations.com/2009/07/02/federalism-secession-and-free-trade/#comment-371 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:13:15 +0000 http://athousandnations.com/?p=362#comment-371 [...] largely because of tax and regulatory incentives, not peep–and why should there be? (See Will Chamberlian’s post today on just this kind of [...]

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