I am all for Texas seceeding. Then no one could call the Dallas Cowboys 'America's Team' anymore.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:296189 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
