North American Union?

Seems that the Ron Paul crowd is all worked up about the possibility of a North American Union. They're out in force to ridicule a recent article posted on Newsweek, which doesn't take the threat of a European Union-style multinational government very seriously.

So, they're concerned about a government based on border-crossing highways, a single currency, free movement of goods and people between states, and a unified system of tarrifs? Well folks, we already got it. The Founding Fathers thought it up.

Maybe these folks miss the days of Michigan and Ohio fighting their own wars, or multiple currencies across the many colonies. Can't say that I do.

I gotta wonder, what exactly do these folks think would happen if we joined a union with Canada and Mexico? (Not that it's likely - there's too great a social and economic divide to even imagine it right now.) Personally, I think an open border and single currency would be a real boon to the Mall of America, since it would be easier for Canadians to spend money there . . . especially when the dollars are proportioned as they are. Besides, we're already crawling with illegal Canadians. They're hard to ferret out!