Look at the reasons given by Rick Perry. It is not going to happen. I live in San Antonio. You think we are going to give up three military bases? Ft Hood is the biggest post in the country. We are not giving up federal funds. And last reason, we are very, very patriotic and love this country. (
“You think we are going to give up three military bases?”
Or their Social Security and Medicare.
The secession now posters never seem to think about that.
Texas isn’t going anywhere.
Still just for entertainment value the threads are fun to read.
Why on earth would any state give up military bases? They are going to need them if they are independent nations.
We are not giving up federal funds.
That has to be the most unbelievable statement of all. What would we ever do without the federal government giving our money back to us?
And last reason, we are very, very patriotic and love this country.
Your country left you for a co-dependent relationship with Reid and Obama. You really aren't grasping that you didn't just lose an election. Do the math and see what things are going to look like in four years.
Bill Clinton triangulated and came back as a pseudo conservative-centrist to get re-elected. The end result was that he didn't move the country that far left. Obama doubled down on his extremism and won it all. The next republican candidate will either need to be to the left of Clinton so as not to scare the horses, or be a complete break-the-mold radical and sell it to a nation that has already decided on its path left.
I wouldn't bet money on the latter.
Hey, Dallas, we won’t need federal funds once we kick out the illegals. But we’ll take any citizen of other states.
Just playing devil’s advocate ... what makes you think we’d give up our military bases and assets? If (unlikely) we were to secede, any federal assets within the physical borders of the Great State of Texas become, by default, the sole property of Texas.