...We kind of *already have* one of the strongest currencies

Not to mention one that's recognized by all states

Congress in DC can deliberate on exclusively federal legislation or procedures, and state legislatures can do the same for their own jurisdictions

then it truly is a "national review day"

Honestly once a federal law is contradicted by the majority of states, the law should immediately come to a vote by state senators

I.E. Marijuana laws and similar legislation

or maybe to not clutter everything up, lets name a national review month. the beginning of the month, states hand their constituants a census for the state legislature, then a week later, one for the national legislature

Fuck those are some *optimistic* timelines

I want an even stronger currency

no, the census is to pick one act or law for that legislature to then spend an entire 24 hours reviewing

to be held at a much later date in the month

If you want a stronger currency, you need another war

bull fucking shit

Look at America's GDP during WWI and WWII

It's that or open a completely free market.

or actually bring jobs to the midwest

instead of completely lying about punishing those who send them away

people don't seem to understand, the equipment, facilities, shipping yards, factories, warehouses, those didn't fucking disappear

@Mersenne war is not good for the economy. It's an extrapolation of the Broken Window Fallacy

the jobs, as in physical tasks, are still all here

the only thing that's changed is who some dickhead in a suit is paying for it and where

@Benjamin Henry - That's a solid point. War is the catalyst for industrial revolution, albeit conflict must directly benefit the host nation for long-term yields.

But the increase in production will never reach a break-even point with peaceful expansion

Because stuff gets broken, and has to be repaired before any gains can be made

produce, export, deal, rinse, repeat

contrarywise, locate a product you need, observe how others import it and from who, observe the greatest supply at the closest range, find something they want that you have, deal, rinse, repeat

if you don't have it, find someone who does, deal, etc, etc

That's under the assumption that peaceful expansion is equally expeditious in it's development. The money contributing to repairs would have been invested in the economy regardless. War, while a plague on humanity, drives the rapid development of nations

then bam, suddenly you have the global marketplace

To be fair, unchecked growth results in collapse. The USSR being a great example of this.

and the past and current bubbles

observe the signs, corporations are already buying back their own stocks in broad daylight to artificially inflate the value

beware fake growth, its a very real cancer

@Mersenne I actually think you could get all the expansion that would generally come with war peacefully if there's a competitive rivalry between the two states

Without the destruction that war usually causes

exactly, imagine an energy race

It's the competition that drives advancement, not the war itself

Agreed. If congress properly enforced antitrust laws, you would see competition drive the market and promotion competition for the benefit of consumers.

imagine the US and europe competing to see who can make the most efficient fusion power

@Mersenne true

or the safest biomedical technologies