… let all the Red states that want to secede secede so that the United States of America can finally balance its budget.

"Red states receive, on average, far more from the federal government in expenditures than they pay in taxes. The balance is the opposite in blue states. The secession petitions, therefore, give the opportunity to create what would be, in a fiscal sense, a far more perfect union." http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-the-confederacy-of-t...