Comment: Bronson, California is heavily in debt, teetering on bankruptcy.  They have a huge free stuff population. If they ever were not part of the Union their funding would dry up faster than their severe water problem.  People who actually pay taxes (the worker bees) would run as fast as they can to another State, and they would be left with nothing but welfare rats.
The Union only remains strong together.  
Divide and Conquer political concepts have no place, and are counter productive.  That is unless you want to see the U.S.A. fail.