Same for California leaving the union. They’re well along to spreading the political cancer to all nearby states.
Splitting the state into three was an interesting idea, with the certain result: they’d get three sure liberal states instead of one. The thing holding it back is that the powers that be don’t want their power diluted.
As of 2013 over 45% of the state was under federal management of some sort… of course a large amount of that now needs to be replanted…
While you are right that cutting off federal monies would indeed starve the beast, thus far only the wealthy have exited the state looking for friendlier grounds… cut off federal benefits and the state would drain line a broken dam…
Well you speak of the dedicated… those who wish to assume a place at the top table… those that seek the ‘benefits’ of a socialist Utopia will see the futility and flee… and who will bill the wall to stop them?