Before the 2012 election I made three prediction of what would progressively happen if Obama was re-elected.
1. There would be progressively escalating confrontations between Federal law enforcement and state law enforcement ultimately with the two armed sides facing each other and the governora not backing down.
2. Regional economies would develop with the strongest openly resisting efforts by the Feds to regulate them.
3. A crisis in confidence over the legitimacy of the Supreme Court and its ability to dictate to the states.
Number 1 and 2 are occurring at an astounding rate, much faster than I would have thought possible. The stage is set for number 3. There are multiple issues either at or headed to the SC that will explode if rulings like happened with Roberts and the Affordable Care Act occur.
Texas is rapidly becoming the economic capital of the country replacing California and New York. New York and California will soon be the leaders in name only. Houston and New Orleans are now the gateway to the US and hold the main switch to energy.
Confrontations between the Feds and the states over illegal immigration, commercial regulation, EPA regulation and land control are escalating at an incredible rate even if the media doesn’t fully cover it.
This country is in an extremely fragile condition and unless things radically change, the likelihood that it will fracture will continue to go up at an exponential rate.
The most significant difference between Texas and Scotland is that if Texas and it’s surrounding economic partners split, confiscating all federal assets within their borders at the time of schism and relinquishing any financial claims and liabilities on the US (Like social security or any tax reimbursements), Texas will be in a far superior financial condition than what remains of the US.
I in no way am a proponent of the dissolution of the US. I am realistic and rational enough to realize that it is inevitable if the direction of things don’t change.
“The most significant difference between Texas and Scotland is that if Texas and it’s surrounding economic partners split, confiscating all federal assets within their borders at the time of schism and relinquishing any financial claims and liabilities on the US (Like social security or any tax reimbursements), Texas will be in a far superior financial condition than what remains of the US.”
And if anyone has the power to demand repayment of those liabilities, it would be China. They won’t care to go after Texas, which would be harder for them to reach by water, and they know they’ll encounter stiff resistance.
But they’d easily go after west coast territory, which is largely ruled by anti-war weaklings, who would put a up little fight to protect themselves.
What about liabilities run up by the country while Texas was a part? If you divide up the national debt by population then Texas's share would be around a trillion dollars. What will that do the Texas's financial condition? Then there's the $10 billion or so per year in Social Security payouts of all kinds that Texas would then be on the hook for.