Yes, personally, I think you have to reach really far to put these together in any meaningful way.
As a Texan, I pay an enormous amount of money to Washington so I expect Washington to help when the time demands. As the same time, I will say that if Texas is allowed to secede, then I will gladly not ask for help from Washington since those tax dollars would be going to Austin.
Fair enough?
Actually, my state gets the least back from the federal government, NJ
And when Sandy struck, Texas politicians made it well clear that NJ shouldn’t get a dime in federal disaster relief
So here is Texas needing federal money for a few snowflakes
NJ didn’t make you guys buy wind farms and power plants that don’t work in the cold, so why should we have to bail you out again?