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Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:11 am to SlickRickerz
It’s crazy how unrealistic and foolish most of you are. This shite is not happening. People said this shite was going to happen 10-12 years ago, and it never happened.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:13 am to WhiskeyThrottle
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I'm a Texan and would love to see this happen, consequences be damned. The federal aid that would be "whitheld" from Texas, is way less than Texans pay in. A quick search shows Texas citizens pay around $260B in taxes, and Texas receives $40B in federal aid. Along those lines, we'd be pretty well off. Not to mention, we have a Lockheed Martin manufacturing facility, a Bell Helicopter manufacturing plant, Texas Instruments and quite a few other military organizations. It would be a HUGE struggle for Texas, but I do believe it would be a manageable amount of headache for the long term gain.
I'd love to see the whole Bible belt separate in all reality. Although, I don't believe it realistically ever will happen.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:15 am to TrueTiger
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who is going to be supplying it billions in high tech weaponry?
If (big if even recognizing that TNM is gaining speed) Texas were to leave the Union, do you really think there would be no third-party country step up and make deals with what would become a top 10 country in terms of economy the day we secceed?
There would be multiple countries interested in having the Republic of Texas as a trade and defense partner. Especially after all the Texas boys leave the US military. You think today's US military is weakened by "wokeness" wait until a large share of the 18mm plus military members from Texas come home to the republic.
Texas is over represented in just about every single front line and spec ops unit in the military. The worlds largest and best trained military will have a brain drain they won't know how to deal with.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:18 am to LB84
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If they leave I would assume ~26 other states would follow, maybe more.
If it gets to 30, I would bet a few western Canadian provinces could be convinced to make a move.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:23 am to Tmo Sabe
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Maybe the French again.
Don't forget the Spanish. The Spanish provided a lot more help thru Florida than they get credit for. Spanish supporters of the cause created a secret trading company, that the French used too, in one of their Caribbean islands to get military supplies to Colonists up thru Florida.
Heck for a LA tie...its said that the name "The United States of America" came from a Spanish LA Governor, who was apart of the assistance and who wrote a friendly letter to Gen Washington, I think congratulating him on a victory, and described the country as that in Spanish, and Washington enjoyed the phrase so much he dropped the whole "Colonies" thing and started to call the new country that.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:24 am to TrueTiger
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If Texas is going to play the role of Ukraine, who is going to be supplying it billions in high tech weaponry?
if a quarter of enlisted men from Texas defect, this isn’t even a conversation.
I don’t know why everyone gets so hung up on armed conflict
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:27 am to SlickRickerz
If it didn’t happen before 2020, it ain’t happenin.
I’d say about 2 million “voters” crossed over the rio grande since then.
I’d say about 2 million “voters” crossed over the rio grande since then.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:28 am to BR92
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Probably about as exciting as the ice storm that Texans survived so well because they have their own electrical grid and proved they are prepared to go it alone.
They wouldn't be handcuffed by green energy leverages nor would the ERCOT board be full of out of state flaming idiot liberals.
IOW no fricking issues due to liberal idiotology.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:37 am to keks tadpole
Canada would probably attack their own people.
That would be the sensitive part our representatives would have to deal with. Secession without bloodshed, make them be the first to attack. It's how the South messed up at Sumter.
If we can get all the liberals to think they'd be better off without us it would be a huge win.
That would be the sensitive part our representatives would have to deal with. Secession without bloodshed, make them be the first to attack. It's how the South messed up at Sumter.
If we can get all the liberals to think they'd be better off without us it would be a huge win.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:39 am to SlickRickerz
You can be the moral support officer and crank out memes from your parents basement.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:46 am to Von
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We have no Sam Houston and too many Bush acolytes in Austin.
And if it left us with Abbott as Pres I wouldn't want it to happen.
There are always heroes that step up when needed. You don't get to pick the heroes for the battles, the battles make the heroes! Smh
Continuing down this make believe path, it won't be Texas alone, other states would join and certainly there would be elections for a Conference president. Abbott wouldn't automatically be president.
Think more. Post less.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:50 am to SlickRickerz
Where do people get the idea that there is anywhere close to sufficient popular support for this in Texas?
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:50 am to Von
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And if it left us with Abbott as Pres I wouldn't want it to happen.
Abbott would be a liberal in the new country. He'd be the first to go. Austin would resolve itself. Those idiots would flee to the status quo states.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:52 am to lake chuck fan
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I mentioned in another thread about this, that the old Mason Dixon line would be a reality again.
Yea, I'm sure Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Kentucky, and North Carolina, etc. are just itching to leave the Union
This post was edited on 6/21/22 at 9:54 am
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:53 am to WhiskeyThrottle
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Abbott would be a liberal in the new country.
This doesn't make any sense. Is secession magically going to make Texas more conservative? Are you going to kill or exile the 40-45% of the state that votes straight ballot Democrat?
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:53 am to SlickRickerz
If the whole south would secede then put up a border wall and start deporting dems we'd be good
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:58 am to Indefatigable
Lots of flat earth and big lie retards live there.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 10:00 am to WhiskeyThrottle
quote:Texas gets 39.4% of its tax revenue from FedGov with $0.49 returned to the state for every dollar sent to FedGov.
A quick search shows Texas citizens pay around $260B in taxes, and Texas receives $40B in federal aid.
Louisiana, however, is a welfare state. It receives 46.4% of its tax revenue from FedGov with $1.35 returned to the state for every dollar of taxes paid to FedGov.
Without Texans to foot ya'll's bill, your state would be much worse off.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 10:22 am to BurntOrangeMan
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They wouldn't be handcuffed by green energy leverages nor would the ERCOT board be full of out of state flaming idiot liberals.
No just cold and pissed off
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