Goodbye Kansas

[sweet_tea_girl]

I have determined that we need to consolidate some of our 50 states. Really, 50 is overkill and 90% of the time I forget that half of them are even states. The states in bold need to start merging:

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

I just knocked out 21 states. We could knock out at least 20. 30 states would be more that enough and we'd save a lot of money that goes into the stitching for all those stars on the flag!