“That’s not anywhere near the same.”
Not to Texans...all we see is DC putting us under their thumbs. If you don’t think they’ll find other ways to do that, you have NO CLUE as to how DC operates.
Again - permitting an operation is nowhere near the strong arm extortion directly exerted by the Feds with the club of highway money. Keep in mind they use that club on *every* state and apply it mercilessly.