Not quite, Logan -- if they actually separate from the USA, then they take their land with them. They have a treaty saying it's their land, and treaties trump acts of Congress.
They might not pay taxes, but the other people living on their land do. And there's a good case to be made for the position that any military bases on their land belong to them...
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
They might not pay taxes, but the other people living on their land do. And there's a good case to be made for the position that any military bases on their land belong to them...
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012