texas wants to secede? good riddance

[moonshinegnomie]

austin,dallas,houston,san antonio and parts of south texas get to stay in the US. good riddance to the rest

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/20/texas-gop-platform-secession-theocracy/

[MontanaMama]

1. Someone sent a tweet out today

that pointed out that TX can’t figure out how to make their water and electricity work…so best wishes to those buffoons.

[Irish_Dem]

2. If they hate the USA so much, they need to leave the Union.

[Skittles]

3. Texas is like a toddler, periodically throwing a fit

they would not last long and they know it

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. No they would not. Texas does not have jurisdiction over the US Military.

The civilian Army National Guard perhaps. The Air National Guard is under the auspice of the US Air Force.

The Military bases is Texas would not take too kindly to Abbott. I have stayed at Dyess, Lackland, golfed at Randolph AFB, stayed at the Naval Station in Fort Worth. The 3 AFB are HUGE complexes that are cities within themselves.

The Texas GOP are NOT thinking at all.

[Skittles]

7. I know all about Texas AFB, I live here and I was enlisted

the Texas GOP is fascist

[JHB]

14. "I mean it. Here I go."

[Skittles]

26. their sense of importance is sooooo inflated

yes indeed

[MagickMuffin]

4. Sorry to disappoint but Texas has nothing to do with this, it's the Insurrectionists Party of the GO

That wants the state to secede. The law abiding Texans haven't been heard from.

[msongs]

6. Perhaps the wall will get built after all lol, except around TX nt

[kairos12]

8. With no Blue State Tax money

they would collapse. Kind of like their electrical grid.

[former9thward]

10. Texas sends far more money to the federal government than they get.

Texas sent $261 billion in taxes to the federal government and got back $40 billion in grants to the state (2016 last year figures are available). That is a return of 15%.

https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/fiscal-notes/2017/november/federal-funding.php#:~:text=Texans%20sent%20the%20federal%20government,net%20revenue%20in%20that%20year.

[kairos12]

11. I stand corrected.

Thanks for the information.

[fishwax]

15. that is only in direct grants though. There are other ways Texas gets federal money

For instance, the scores of billions of dollars that the military spends in Texas each year are a pretty important part of Texas's economy. I don't have the numbers handy, but while overall Texas does still typically contribute more than they take from the federal budget, it is much closer to even in the final analysis.

[moonshinegnomie]

17. thats very misleading

its only direct transfers to the state
if doesnt include for example payments to federal workers,medicare payments,food stamps.the earned income credit,or any other payments made directly to people

on a per capita basis texas texas gets aboy #00 mre per person then they pay
https://www.voanews.com/a/which-us-states-get-more-than-they-give/4809228.html

[Takket]

12. Secession talk is just that. Talk

constant red meat for the base. They have been saying it my entire lifetime but nothing ever happens because they know it would be a disaster for them.

[Paladin]

13. Yes, but look how happy it makes the Texas-haters. It never fails. (nt)

[BannonsLiver]

31. In fairness there's a lot to hate.

[Paladin]

33. And there's a lot to love.

I won't waste either my time or yours, expounding on that. Go ahead and hate.

[BannonsLiver]

34. Yes, I will go ahead and continue to do just that.

[marble falls]

16. What state are you from? I'd like to help you cut it up. The reason the GOP ...

... runs the show is not because we Democrats get out and vote in proportion of the population.

Get Democrats to run for every office against GOP candidates, and to vote in every election.

[panader0]

23. I'm with you. I despise state bashing.

Arizona, where I live, gets bashed too. At any given time, I've seen most states bashed here on DU.
There are many good Democrats in every state. When I ask, like you, "What state are you from?",
I never get an answer because there is no state without some embarrassment.

[AntiFascist]

28. I totally agree...

some of the very best people I know are in Houston and rural parts of Texas. This is NOT WHO THEY ARE. I also feel that moves like this by the state GOP will ultimately turn the state more purple.

[Raine]

36. Agree

so sick of this kind of divisiveness.

[Wingus Dingus]

18. I would love for Texans to have to apply for a visa to come to Colorado.

And then be denied. They're such a plague, and all of them shitty drivers.

[TheProle]

19. Charming post.

[Wingus Dingus]

20. You know what's really charming, is being aggressively tailgated by their

massive SUV's and trucks everywhere I go, May thru September. Sorry, your state is full of obnoxious aggressive drivers who should stay and enjoy the unbearable heat in their own state.

[TheProle]

24. The wife and I are looking for a summer roadtrip

and Colorado just shot to number one. See you soon!

[Victor_c3]

21. Isn't it funny that the self-described party of Lincoln wants to break up the Union?

Didn’t Lincoln fight a war that was partly over that? If I’m not mistaken, he was fighting to keep the union together, but I’m a little fuzzy on my history.

Texas and the southern states represent the worst things that this county has to offer. It wouldn’t hurt my feelings one bit to see them leave.

[electric_blue68]

29. And there're still *many good people who live in each* of those States, I know some.

[Emile]

22. We close all the military bases how will they survive

after losing all those government jobs?

[frogmarch]

25. Texans would need passports

to travel to the U.S.

Their secession talk is just BS, and they know it.

[budkin]

27. They literally can't

Sorry TexASS (I live here)

[gldstwmn]

30. We have a lot of good Democrats in Texas. Please help Beto get elected.

[LeftInTX]

32. They won't do this

This is what the yahoos at the convention want. They're the same group that booed Dan Crenshaw.
No bill has been filed. Texas does not have a legislative session until 2023.
Every session someone files a bill to secede. The bill never makes it out of cmte.
This is nothing but red meat theater

[misanthrope]

35. Then there will never be another conservative POTUS

Texas would take its 40 electoral college votes with it.

[48656c6c6f20]

37. Secede my ass, let's expel them.