US WORLD

 The immigrant crisis has become an enormous problem for the USA, especially for the states on the southern border. Many solutions, both good and bad, have been presented. One of the better suggestions is to improve the conditions in the nations from which the travelers are coming to America.

 This blog goes one step further. Why not invite those countries to become states or territories of the United States? It won’t be coercion to any degree, but an invitation to join us.

 The first one to come on board would be a good test case for the process. They would accept our constitution and establish a representative republic at the state level just as the other fifty have done. Open and fair elections would be overseen by the Federal Election Commission.

 It would be acceptable for those who want to expand the Senate. Plus Puerto Rico would be another state along with other existing territories. In fact it needn’t be limited to the Western Hemisphere – why not African applicants also?

 Historically the USA has rejected the notion of a widened membership. Examples are The Philippines and Cuba, both of which we would have been able to keep as territories. We probably could have also added some of Europe after the World War. But we have always respected the rights of every nation to remain independent.

 But has the time come to change our stance on expansion if it’s a voluntary decision by another country to join US WORLD? If this happens it might also open the door for a CHINA WORLD, A SOVIET WORLD, A EUROPEN WORLD, and on and on. The globe may become a United Nations of just a dozen huge members.

 The logistics will be left up to the politicians and leaders in Washington and the other nations. Plus the benefits of our Constitution will be available to the new members of US WORLD: freedom of the press and of speech; freedom to bear arms; the freedom to worship God at the church of one’s choice; as well as the many other liberties we have.

COPYRIGHT 2021 BY CARL E GUSTAFSON