There’s a reason the U.S.A. is the greatest country on the planet, and it’s not even close. For one, as broken as our public education system seems to be, we can at least do basic math.
Get this. Citizens of Denmark have posted a petition to buy the state of California following all the fervor over U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to have Greenland, an “autonomous Danish territory, become a territory of the U.S.
According to The Independent:
Pledging to “Make California Great Again,” Danes have launched a retaliatory campaign seeking the “Denmarkification” of the world’s fifth-largest economy.
The tongue-in-cheek petition, which is apparently seeking to crowdfund $1 trillion to buy the Golden State, claims it has garnered just shy of 200,000 signatures by Tuesday morning.
$1,000,000,000,000?! Even if every single one of those 200,000 signatores donated to the cause, each one would have to donate $5 million. Good luck with that.
Big problem, though. Let’s say the government of Denmark was on board with this “Buy California” movement. If they took every single cent of profit that the country takes in, tax revenue let’s say, the quarterly tax revenue taken in — as reported in September 2024, and adjusted to the U.S. dollar — was around $47 billion, as noted on Wednesday’s edition of “Louder with Crowder.”
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Okay, quarterly. Even if we multiply by four, and the tax revenue Denmark takes in remains roughly the same, that would only come out to $188 billion, a far cry from the $1 trillion they say they would need to offer.
But, the Danes still aren’t taking something into account — the actual value of California.
Also noted by the “Louder with Crowder” crew, who used a source that estimates value of land alone, the following was reported.
California real estate prices rank among the highest in the nation, and vacant land is no exception. The 2022 median price per acre was around $18,000 statewide – over triple the national median of $5,000. Rural areas can be as low as $1,000 per acre. Major metros like San Francisco and Los Angeles command over $1 million per acre.
Limited supply and intense demand drive these high prices. Development potential increases land value in desirable areas. Public lands, which account for 45% of California’s 100 million acres, restrict private supply. Continued population growth further strains available inventory.
If we round down, California has 105 million acres of land. Take that 105 million acres and multiply it by the average of $18,000, and you get a rough value of $1.89 trillion.
That’s just for the land, not factoring in how much California takes in business-wise and how much the property on the occupied acreage costs.
Stop it, Denmark. You’re drunk.
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