1. It would mean war. Answer: This is not 1860. Even the Soviet Union broke up without war.
2. Obama will never let us go. Answer: There is one reason why he might--34 electoral votes that are always a problem for liberals. Anyway, to rephrase Davey Crocket, "To hell with Obama, I'm going to Texas."
3. The civil war settled the issue. Answer: The north won by force, but that did not settle the issue. A free people always have the right to govern themselves and have the right to separate when their government usurps their rights.
4. It'll never happen. Answer: It has happened before; it will happen again. The yearning for freedom is greater than any impediment.
5. What about the US debt? Answer: Texas would have to assume its share of the debt. But the huge economic boom we would experience would help us pay off the debt.
“In addition, the Legislature may also financially encourage (or require) workers to have Personal Retirement Accounts.”
Even supposed conservatives cannot resist controlling individuals & their assets. I guess decades of federal intrusion have ingrained the idea that the state needs to participate in health & retirement issues. That is failed socialism, IMO.
These statements are preceded by this:
“We reject false promises of utopianism which the statist uses to justify all trespasses on the individual’s private property, sovereignty, and liberty.”
Requiring health & retirement accounts trespasses on private property & individual sovereignty. The state should have no influence on health care & retirement other than policing against criminality.
Truth is, 536 + 9 corrupt, self-serving traitors & their cronies are pillaging this country & enslaving the people. They are making our lives miserable. We should return the misery - times millions times months, or as long as it takes.
The MSM can ignore Benghazi, Fast & Furious, & a host of Washington corruption, but can it ignore mass protests at its front (& rear) doors? Can it ignore protesters who pursue the MSM as part of the national fraud? I seriously doubt it. Can "celebrities" ignore angry protests where they live & hang out? They will vomit in fear, & rightly so.
Why pursue the historically violent, often failed route of secession when massive protest can produce desired results without war? Why abandon good people in the other 49 states, as well as the power & wealth of the combined 50 states? Leaving these bums in charge of the other 49 states is irresponsible, plus it leaves a mortal enemy on our doorstep.
Frankly, before we consider secession, perhaps we should consider expelling a few states from the Union.
Communist truly do not want a 50 state “Berlin Wall” in America.
We should taunt them daily that we will build walls whenever we please and against whoever we please.
Why not just dust off the US Constitution and use it. Heck, the Federal Government has barely touched it for a Century now. I’m sure they won’t mind...if they even notice.