That is hardly an argument against it, despite these British lawyers. That secession almost always entails war—with a few happy exceptions like the USSR—may be, however. War always means bigger government, not to speak of mass death, mass maiming, mass property destruction. Indeed, the new, bigger, more centralized US government tripled British taxes, as Gary North has pointed out. Ah, freedom. (Thanks to Erik McCullen)

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