Please let the states that are petitioning to secede from the United States do so.
For the most part, these states are the least educated, poorest states.
They currently receive more federal dollars than they contribute, which costs the rest of America money.
The most effective course of action would be to allow a couple of these states to consolidate their people and carve off their territory. Any people who wish to remain United Stated citizens should be offered relocation assistance. Since the remainder of the United State will not longer be supporting the intellectual and economic drag on the economy, this relocation effort should be well within our means.