RE: How would secession affect those of us on social security? Medicare?
Just two good questions. How about the military? Are they going to have their own Army, Navy and Air force?
And how about foreign policy? Are all residents of other states going to need visas to enter Texas and vice versa?
After secession Texas would be an independent country with an Army Navy etc. Just like the other 195 countries of the world.
They send social security checks to Mexico....why not the Republic of Texas?
Yes and yes to all your questions. Just like Brexit without the long winded 4 year BS drama in the UK. Same currency, make passports, military, have embassies around the world etc.
Not the “it’s not you, it’s me” break up. More “I hate you and I got nothing from this relationship because you’re turning into a fat, ugly. old hag” break-up.
And is that new military larger and more capable than the force that will come to pull them back into the union?
I saw something recently debunking the idea that Texas has a ‘get out of the union’ clause. Instead it can split itself into a few (5?) states. That could be an interesting counter to PR & DC statehood.
Texas needs to join with all states east and southeast of them to secede.
All just details that need to be worked out.