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originally posted by: Violater1
Texas Nationalist Movement has a petition for Texas secession an now qualifies for a response from the White House. www.huffingtonpost.com...< br /> The The Texas petition reads:
"Given that the state of Texas maintains a balanced budget and is the 15th largest economy in the world, it is practically feasible for Texas to withdraw from the union, and to do so would protect it's (sic) citizens' standard of living and re-secure their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government."
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Turns out Texas was the state that depended the most on those very stimulus funds to plug nearly 97% of its shortfall for fiscal 2010, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Texas, which crafts a budget every two years, was facing a $6.6 billion shortfall for its 2010-2011 fiscal years. It plugged nearly all of that deficit with $6.4 billion in Recovery Act money, allowing it to leave its $9.1 billion rainy day fund untouched.
Even as Perry requested the Recovery Act money, he railed against it. On the very same day he asked for the funds, he set up a petition titled "No Government Bailouts."
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
originally posted by: crazyewok
Good for the USA without Texas they may be able to finally teach REAL science in state schools
Wow, that statement is almost as ignorant as you suppose Texans are
originally posted by: Puppylove
So would they be a country then? Not sure I get how this works.
originally posted by: AngryCymraeg
originally posted by: Violater1
Texas Nationalist Movement has a petition for Texas secession an now qualifies for a response from the White House. www.huffingtonpost.com...< br /> The The Texas petition reads:
"Given that the state of Texas maintains a balanced budget and is the 15th largest economy in the world, it is practically feasible for Texas to withdraw from the union, and to do so would protect it's (sic) citizens' standard of living and re-secure their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government."
I think that the response will be something on the lines of hysterical laughter and then nothing. Population of Texas is just under 27 million. 81,000 people (if they're all real and aren't variants on "M. Mouse" or "R. Elee" or even "D. Crockett") comes to 0.3% of that population.
originally posted by: introvert
See ya!
Don't mind us if we build a fence to keep you out.
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: ManBehindTheMask
I don't believe it will get enough support either. My post was meant to be humorous considering the entire border/fence debate.