Diverting revenue to the Feds requires legislative approval...The governor can only propose the idea...
The Redskins have only been pressured by the court of public opinion and the media supporting that narrative...It is a game of information diversion...
I thought the redskins should change their name to the “Thinskins” in honor of the schmups they usually play for in that area...
But getting back on topic...
If your idea were to come to fruition...And federal revenue were to be siphoned off for a state issue...
You do realize that the Feds will respond with the full weight of the Union behind them...And I am not talking about just a bunch of sternly worded letter either...
Maybe that IS what the Feds want to have happen???
They are hedging their bets we will not do this...
They might be wrong about “our” resolve this time...
And this is not something to prop up Perry by any means...
This is bigger than Texas (pardon the pun)...
“Join or Die”
You are right about the “full weight” of the Feds coming down on a State for doing that.
But legally, the Feds under the Constitution have a responsible to protect the borders and to protect from invasions. It does not say “armed invasions.”
Perhaps legally the can could be made in court that the State is only doing the job of the Federal government, under emergency circumstances, and Federal funds should be used to reimburse the State for doing so.
The Feds are breaking their own laws by Executive Order, and the President is defying anyone to hold him to account.
In other words, he will do what he wants until someone stops him.
Two can play that game.
You have an excellent point about the risks involved.
And if the Feds came down hard on Texas in any way, there is no telling what could escalate from that.
I think the Bundy Ranch situation was instructional in that regard.
The one common theme that is emerging is that there is lawlessness emanating from all levels of this regime, including the engendering of very real security threats to this nation by active implementation of the goals of radical Islam, using the resources of the American taxpayer to their own hurt.
Evil succeeds only if good men do nothing.