YES! Congress should let them go...good riddance!
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YES! But they have to take Bush, Perry & Ron Paul.
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They need to help all the liberals move out of Texas and help all the conservatives move to Texas. They can't have any outside resources, no military, nothing. Let them form their own. We'll see how long it takes them to start bitching and moaning.
I confess, I am from Massachusetts and I signed the petition. My first duty station in the Navy was Kingsville, TX It was the home of the King Ranch. Originally I thought it would be cool as I loved Sky King and Penny on my black & white TV every Saturday morning. Until then, I had never been out of the Northeast. My flight arrived in SanAntonio and I took a bus to Kingsville. My first thoughts were I was on a secret mission. I didn't believe the moonscape I saw out my bus' window was part of the US. I soon learned the reason Texans wear ten gallon hats is to fit their fat heads. After nine months, I couldn't get out of there fast enough. Four years later, I had numeous experiences with many Texans and other Confederates. As a "Yankee", none of it was very positive. As hard as they tried, they never won, but after a while you get sick of dealing with it.
Personally, I would go one step further. If Texas needs any incentive, I would throw in most of the former confederacy. Maybe keep VA, NC as they are salvagable and Florida below I 4 as a retirement community for New Yorkers. Think of the benefits. They take $1 of our money for .80 we get back. We give $1.20 for every dollar we get back. Just that fact is worth getting rid of them. We would be the most highly educated UNION workforce in the world. We would have single payer healthcare and good paying jobs. A high tech infrastructure with good roads and bridges. I could go on, but let's be honest, maybe ole Abe didn't do such a good thing. If he had extracated the blacks and let the confederacy go, I contend we would have been and would be, better off. As the famous Texan Ron White says "you can't fix stupid" he ought to know!
I like to feel I am in lockstep with Thom and Bernie most of the time. I was dissappointed yesterday when he seemed to dismiss the idea of Texas leaving. I'm glad he seems to have thought about it and changed his mind.!!!! Like me, he probably can't think of a any legitimate reason to keep them.
In addition to agreeing to keep the 3 afore-named politicos forever, they would also have to trade us the "Territory of Austin" for Donald Trump and Rush Limbaugh , and agree to keep them forever too. Austin & SXSW are just too advanced and liberal for Texas. The Donald and The Windbag need to become a naturalized citizens of "The Republic of Texas" - they will fit in perfectly: loud, tacky, obnoxious, typically wrong (on so many levels)...
Let them sign away, it's better than drinking themselves to death. They'll get over it!
Why not put Texas up for SALE and negotiate a deal with Mexico. The proceeds could be used to pay down the national debt. A win/win for everone...except maybe mexico.
we could send our jobs to them there....closer for transportation, think of how much oil (gas)$$$$$$$$ we'd save instead of China....a win/win!