The problem with TEXIT is the same with BREXIT and pretty much any libertarian policy in that it expects so many things to stay the same.
As soon as this happens, assuming the US take direct military action, all the US bases are gone. Same with all defense contractors. Technology companies are gone too, they do not want to go through the headache of working with the US a foreign company. That's Texas Instruments and HP.
Taxes will skyrocket. They will lose all the US tax subsidies that allow them to have no state income tax and now they need to replace all military personnel and infrastructure.
They will probably not bottom out but they aren't going to be a world power. They will pretty much be Spain in terms of economy.
You assume America would just casually let that happen. It's one thing to leave a multinational body, that doesn't cost you citizens and can be (incorrectly) argued that it would benefit The UK. There would be no benefit to America if they let Texas secede so they won't allow it. So if America won't allow it then Texas would have to secede by force
I guarantee you the moment a drone strike hits a Houston suburb a whole bunch of wealthy Republicans will realize playing revolutionary isn't nearly as fun as it sounds. Shortly after most of the people in the state would gladly roll over to come back to America
This sounds great to the base and a few wealthy dudes, but this is a real bad thing for literally everyone including Republicans - if they somehow did leave, it'd turn the remaining US permanently blue, plus they would immediately be invaded for their oil...
I'm staying in my sea of blue until I retire or they manage to do something idiotic like actually leave and start a fucking war with the all the military bases here.
I'm selfish, so I'm gonna need you to survive because you're funny as shit and understand the dumb things I say on here.
I'm assuming you're either in Austin or Houston. If you're in Austin, meet me at my place and we'll carpool to salvation. If you're in Houston, I'll meet you at yours. If we take any interstate other than 10, it'll only be a lateral move.
H-Town, but I wouldn't mind heading over to Austin. Salvation on 34th? I haven't been in more than a decade and didn't even know they were still open. I remember it was delicious, but I stopped having a reason to go to Austin when my brother moved to Corpus so he could surf more often.
Oh, I meant salvation out of state. I don't know many places in Austin, but I actively try to avoid that town. I feel like people try too hard there. Love H-Town though!
Their cause has been helped by a surge in tensions between Texan authorities and the federal government over the past few months, particularly over illegal migration and education.
On its official website the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM), which campaigns for the state to leave the Union in a move it dubs TEXIT, said: "The inclusion of these planks in the Republican Party of Texas Platform is a major step that could have far-reaching implications for the TEXIT movement in the next legislative session."
Newsweek contacted Texas Governor Greg Abbott for comment on Wednesday by email outside of usual business hours.
The Republican Party of Texas first backed calls for an independence referendum as part of its legislative platform in 2022, after it was approved by members at its convention that year in Houston.
In January the Supreme Court ruled razor wire placed along the Texas-Mexico border on the orders of Governor Abbott could be removed by federal agents.
Then in May, Governor Abbott instructed universities and community colleges in his state to ignore an update to Title IX equality legislation introduced by the Biden administration which would ban discrimination based on gender identity.
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