On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > Texas has a $1.245 trillion economy and a population of 24 million. > > 8.9 % of the economy > > 8% of the population > > that's a bad deal for the rest of us....
Actually, I'm really not that anti-secession. A regional secession movement has long been part of the bubbling background here in the Northwest. I'd honestly be curious to see Texas give it a try. I wouldn't really mind seeing an 8% reduction in the US population. As for their economy, I'd be curious to see how that went as well. Texas receives slightly less in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes, so the national coffers would take a hit but not a huge one. I'm sure that there are plenty of states which wouldn't mind hosting one of Texas' military bases. Oregon doesn't have any military bases, I'd bet we could find room for Ft. Hood. And it certainly would change the calculus on illegal immigration to the US. At a guess, if Texas had to issue all of its own bonds, print its own currency and establish trade relations (including with its previous landlord the good ol US of A) I'd bet that their 1.245 trillion dollar economy would be substantially smaller for some time. I would hate to lose SXSW and Austin City Limits. Trimming down the size of the Big 12 Conference seems like a net benefit to everyone. Overall, I'd say go for it. Let's give them a year, anyone that wants to move out can, anyone that wants to move in can. Give them some time to set up a plan and get things ready and then March 2nd, 2010 they can strike out on their own. If we are worried about having to redo all our flags, we can just tag in Puerto Rico as the new 50th state. Hook 'Em Horns! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296179 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
