(1) businesses and investors of all stripes pulling back due to increased uncertainty and regulation,
(2) ObamaCare forcing layoffs especially in small business,
(3) the partisan bickering in Washington becoming magnified,
(4) the increased drag on the economy from those dependent on welfare,
(5) and the accelerating debt crisis soon pushing us off the cliff into the abyss.
As Texans our only reasonable alternative to accepting disaster is peaceful secession. Such a thing is no longer unthinkable. A free and independent Texas would witness an economic boom seldom seen in history. People would flood here for freedom. There come times in history when the longing for freedom becomes stronger than anything else.
How would it work? We Texans would assume our share of the national debt (and perhaps more as a bribe to the cash strapped U.S. government), paid in cash to the U.S. government. We would borrow the money for such a payment. The economic boom we would experience would enable us to pay off the debt.
Obama might even welcome the chance to see us go. Why? Our 34 electoral votes that always goes Republican.
The biggest objection is the potential for war. Unlike 1860, I doubt that the military would obey orders to attack their fellow soldiers, many of whom are from Texas. There is not the stomach to do such a thing as there was in the civil war.
Never going to happen. The Feds depend on Red states like Texas to suck them dry of their wealth to subsidize California, Michigan, New York and the rest of the Blue states.
Well, Obama likes to think of himself as Lincoln.
If Texas goes...Oklahoma is coming with you.....whether u want us or not....we r coming.....lol!
It’s a nice dream but there are no provisions to do so.
It would be armed insurrection and as independent as Texans are it isn’t feasible.
Why not? Nobody to do it for us. The GOP is dead. Let D.C. eat cake.
I’m one Texan that will fight any secession movement with everything I’ve got. I’m sick of these people that have moved to Texas in the last 10-20 years and think they’re real Texans. It’s all your dream, buddy.
If Texas does this, I will bring my 3 engineering degrees and 25+ years experience there in a heartbeat. Hey, I'm a whiskey drinking Christian with guns. ;-)
Texas will become part of Mexico once more. There is only the ability to utter bombastic statements. There is no real capacity to resist the invasion.
It should be similar to the US Constitution.
Only citizens are eligible to vote who either (1) own property in Texas, or (2) have a high school degree and have passed a semester of each of these topics: political science, American/Texas history, economics, and logic.
I especially love this part!