Your view furthest outside the Overton window?

[Storr]

The United States should refocus on expansionism. America lost something special once we stopped growing in territory. Obviously I don't want it to be through military force (with the exception of Cuba, their current government would never join willingly) like in previous times (Mexican War, Spanish War, Hawaii etc.) but through mutual approval from the US and whatever territory/country is considering joining the Union. I feel that countries should be able to retain sovereignty over most things (taxes, education, roads, criminal justice, etc.), but with some sort of federal system functioning as the overall government. There would be no border/immigration/trade controls between members, and a unified military. Basically a North American Union, I suppose. The EU has many serious faults, and I don't see why North/Central American and Caribbean countries couldn't fix and improve on the EU model.