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I'll agree but only if an overwhelming majority of the other people in Texas also vote your way. I
believe people anywhere should have a right to choose their own government and it's bogus when
existing governments use their military or other pressures to force people to remain within their
fold.
Now, would Texas be a good stand alone country in the modern age? That remains to be seen. It
would probably do better than some small countries but far worse than others. And frankly the first
time Texas got ravaged by a hurricane or got in a war with Mexico or had to lose some of its
standard of living because a service or commodity they love happens to be made elsewhere THEN you
would finally see the problem with Texas being it's own country. |
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It would be in the best interest of Texas NOT to be its own country. Texas does not have the
diversity of exports that the U.S. Has with all of the states combined, which means that if Texas
became its own country, it would probably catch bigger taxes on "imports," which would be considered
goods from other states. And that's only the tip of the iceberg. |
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No, Texas should go back to Mexico. |
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Those who want to leave the US should get passports and find another country instead of whining
about it. They're "all talk, no action" and most of them are just racists who don't like the idea
of a black president. Deal with it.
Texas sounds like Quebec used to in Canada when its people talked "separatism": They whined about
"being unique" and that they should leave, or as Quebec called it, "sovereignty association".
What Texas really wants, and Quebec wanted, was a better deal, more money from the federal
government without any accountability ; they want to be separate politically, but connected
financially. Texas is a debtor state in the US, just as Quebec is a debtor province in Canada,
that's why they don't want to flat-out leave, they'd go broke.
Both take more money out of federal coffers than they put in, but they still want more. The only
reason they get more than others is their political influence, not need. |
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