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11th December 2012, 02:04 PM
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Reps: 2,377,624,949,183,593,984 (power: 2,377,624,949,183,610) | | Originally Posted by DrkSdBls  Shoot. If Texas was to Secede, it would probably be the Best thing for America.
After America was to Take back all the Military and Financial Support that it provides Texas on a Yearly basis, it would go a long way to help balance our Deficit. Thinking of all the Texans who would relinquish their Claim of Federal Benefits by denouncing their Citizenship would make Medicare Solvent for 60 years.
And that's assuming if Texas would remain whole. I could see it dissolving in 50 years, it's northern part being reabsorbed into the Union (possibly being added to Oklahoma and New Mexico) and the southern half being taken by Mexico.
While we're at it, we can Sell Alaska to Canada and that'd probably wipe out our Debt completely! Shoot, Alaskans are pretty much Canadians already. We'd just be finishing the job. Hey! Maybe we can Trade Alaska for Quebec! 
Everyone wants to jump ship when times are bad.
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11th December 2012, 02:08 PM
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Reps: 2,377,624,949,183,593,984 (power: 2,377,624,949,183,610) | | Originally Posted by miniverchivi 
Every red state has a path to TX, LA, MS, AL...access to the gulf of Mexico. With the exception of Alaska, but they're already isolated for most part right now with their own ports.
It's the blue states that would be in trouble, they're detached...a person in Cali couldn't ship something to Michigan without crossing red. Originally Posted by SnowCal I'm not certain why people keep confusing the word 'county' with the word 'state'. This isn't that difficult.
Interesting. Mabye a new development in the ways commerce is done and negotiations?
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11th December 2012, 02:32 PM
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Reps: 44,027,260,825,250,248 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by Easy G (G²)
Actually, The Secessionists don't want anything Federally Pay for anyway so......
No Highways, No Post Service, no Internet, etc....
Yeah, I can't wait til Texas Bails out on America, only to realize that they no longer have Access to their Email. Or to Check their Porn!   |
11th December 2012, 02:41 PM
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Reps: 2,377,624,949,183,593,984 (power: 2,377,624,949,183,610) | | Originally Posted by DrkSdBls Actually, The Secessionists don't want anything Federally Pay for anyway so......
No Highways, No Post Service, no Internet, etc....
That's the point. Even in asking for nothing federally paid for, there are benefits people don't really consider will go away that are taken for granted - from nice development of roads/infrastructure and proper interstates to the use of the Postal Service system/mail and many other things. And the harm it'd do to others who DIDN'T secede and had to work around their new countries just to get things through would be a problem - on top of the failing infranstructre the new countries would have to deal with.
God forbid they even remain concerned with pornagraphy - already destructive enough to the country on multiple levels. Human trafficking (fueled by porn) is enough of an issue - and Texas alongside others will need to address how to keep traffickers benefiting from the XXX industry out of the areas without more federal help.
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11th December 2012, 06:15 PM
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Reps: 2,377,624,949,183,593,984 (power: 2,377,624,949,183,610) | | Originally Posted by DrkSdBls Actually, The Secessionists don't want anything Federally Pay for anyway
Then again - if choosing to become like Puerto Rico was as a commonwealth, there'd still be payments from the federal government - except with less representation.
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11th December 2012, 10:28 PM
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12th December 2012, 12:05 AM
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Reps: 2,377,624,949,183,593,984 (power: 2,377,624,949,183,610) | | Originally Posted by usexpat97 I think I might prefer no infrastructure over a corrupt one.
One would think that corruption can be found with or without infrastructure - with the option for no infrastructure being mob rule.
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12th December 2012, 01:51 AM
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Reps: 18,644,191,849,434,928 (power: 18,644,191,849,449) | | Originally Posted by Creech Even if it were allowed politically, it would be an administrative "nightmare"
Small pockets of successionists would constitute a continuous "revolving door" of individuals opting in or out to the Union depending on the results of federal, state and municipal elections at any given time.
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12th December 2012, 02:03 AM
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Reps: 31,097,252,731,822,460 (power: 31,097,252,731,831) | | Originally Posted by DrkSdBls Actually, The Secessionists don't want anything Federally Pay for anyway so......
No Highways, No Post Service, no Internet, etc....
Plenty of people outside of the US manage to have all of those things...
Nothing is "federally paid for" as it is, anyway. The money all comes from the states.
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12th December 2012, 04:49 AM
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Reps: 2,098,748,376,331,950,592 (power: 2,098,748,376,331,965) | | Originally Posted by usexpat97 I think I might prefer no infrastructure over a corrupt one.
See: Hamilton quote in signature.
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