Name 3 countries you'd consider inviting to join the United States.

[stardream]

Re: Name 3 countries you'd consider inviting to join the United States

I think the Angolsphere should unite.

Unite under what I'm not sure yet but yeah...we should just join together and fight the man.

Except we are the man.

 

[DimesDan]

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England.

No thanks, I rather like the fact I don't need to worry about paying for my prescription.

Australia,New Zealand and Canada.

I wonder how long they'll stay in the Commonwealth.

The UK can stay in the EU.

Yes please.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

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In my magical world of unicorns in which countries with universal health care would join the US, a condition of their joining would be that the whole country would have it.

 

[Bagofmostlywatr]

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England.

Fine where we are cheers. You can rejoin the union if you want though

 

[virtualvoyager]

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I can't really express anything. Personally I'm an English republican. I'm a non-interventionist. I'm a socialist leaning liberal.

I don't believe in being in the EU or certainly the way it is going, or the North Atlantic treaty organisation. As for the UN, hmm, certainly needs reforming.

 

[Guy Gardener]

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Where is Lesser London?

 

[Sto-Vo-Kory]

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In the shadow of Bigger Ben.

 

[HIjol]

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Close, so close. It is actually located just to the South of Greater Grange-over-Sands, in Cumbria

Quite.

 

[RJDiogenes]

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Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States, not a country. They vote on full statehood periodically and it gets closer to approval every time (actually, the last vote supported statehood, but the methodology was flawed).

 

[{ Emilia }]

Re: Name 3 countries you'd consider inviting to join the United States

Is this thread supposed to scare non-American trekbbs users?

"Who to invade next!?"

 

[Guy Gardener]

Re: Name 3 countries you'd consider inviting to join the United States

As if America could fight three wars simultaneously.

 

[MANT!]

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The Moon, Mars and Titan..

 

[Guy Gardener]

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Apparently we all already specifically own space together collectively.

The United Nations sponsored 1967 "Outer Space Treaty" established all of outer space as an international commons by describing it as the "province of all mankind" and forbidding all the nations from claiming territorial sovereignty.[2] Article VI vests the responsibility for activities in space to States Parties, regardless of whether they are carried out by governments or non-governmental entities. The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 has currently been ratified by 102 countries,[3] including all the major space-faring nations. It has also been signed by 26 other nations but not yet ratified.[4]
The international Moon Treaty, finalised in 1979 and entering into force in 1984, forbids private ownership of extraterrestrial real estate.[5] However, as of January 1, 2013 only 15 states have ratified the agreement,[3][6] and none of these are major space-faring nations. Kazakhstan has ratified the treaty and is host to the Baikonur Cosmodrome. However, the facility is operated through a leasing agreement by Russia. India, with space missions of its own, has also signed the treaty.
Whether these two treaties are the last word on the subject is disputed. The Outer Space Treaty permits states to withdraw from its terms with one year's notification.[7]

Which really puts going halves in a toaster with your first girlfriend into perspective, if you all already own the universe together.

 

[martok2112]

Re: Name 3 countries you'd consider inviting to join the United States

Apparently we all already specifically own space together collectively.

The United Nations sponsored 1967 "Outer Space Treaty" established all of outer space as an international commons by describing it as the "province of all mankind" and forbidding all the nations from claiming territorial sovereignty.[2] Article VI vests the responsibility for activities in space to States Parties, regardless of whether they are carried out by governments or non-governmental entities. The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 has currently been ratified by 102 countries,[3] including all the major space-faring nations. It has also been signed by 26 other nations but not yet ratified.[4]
The international Moon Treaty, finalised in 1979 and entering into force in 1984, forbids private ownership of extraterrestrial real estate.[5] However, as of January 1, 2013 only 15 states have ratified the agreement,[3][6] and none of these are major space-faring nations. Kazakhstan has ratified the treaty and is host to the Baikonur Cosmodrome. However, the facility is operated through a leasing agreement by Russia. India, with space missions of its own, has also signed the treaty.
Whether these two treaties are the last word on the subject is disputed. The Outer Space Treaty permits states to withdraw from its terms with one year's notification.[7]

Which really puts going halves in a toaster with your first girlfriend into perspective, if you all already own the universe together.

And anyone who illegally claims sovereign territory of a section of space, and refuses to give it up can be designated as Klingons....and therefore subject to military force by the rest of the federated world.

 

[Catarina]

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I fear for any country joining the US. we can't handle our own embarrassments. why drag others down with us?

 

[Guy Gardener]

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To dilute the shame?

 

[T'Girl]

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No thanks, I rather like the fact I don't need to worry about paying for my prescription.

Don't you pay for your prescriptions indirectly through your taxes?

 

[DimesDan]

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No thanks, I rather like the fact I don't need to worry about paying for my prescription.

Don't you pay for your prescriptions indirectly through your taxes?

Having a chronic health condition does mean that I don't need to pay, I believe the standard charge of a prescrition is £8.20 per item, but as I don't need to pay, I don't worry about such things.

I can hand in a prescription at my GPs, a couple of days later it is procesed and then I can take it to the pharmacy and then have my medication and not worry one second about handing over any money. I don't need to worry if my insurance will cover it or not having enough money for the medication I need to stay healthy.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

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The British pay less for prescription drugs per unit than Americans. When you're a big buying group you can negotiate a lower price. Higher drug prices is what Americans get for not having socialized medicine.

 

[hux]

Re: Name 3 countries you'd consider inviting to join the United States

Don't you pay for your prescriptions indirectly through your taxes?

The unemployed don't. Which is the point. Everyone is protected (by everyone else).