Ok folks what are ya'll thought s o this......

[Darrell Ward]

Isn’t the Texas Governor the one that wants to secede from the union?

Yeah. He'll say anything for national media attention. He says stuff like that, but if you started taking away old people SS checks in TX, people would be calling for the Governor's head!

[Skip]

well.. SS is going to stop in the near future... there is no way it will continue.. you can't pay more then you bring in..

[John_Nicholson]

"Isn’t the Texas Governor the one that wants to secede from the union?" that would actually be about 30% of the state...

-john

[Cambik]

The Federal Government already treats us like red headed step children anyway. Might as well go BACK to being our own Country. I personally think we would probably be better off. But that is a personal opinion.

[Darrell Ward]

I'm all for it. If TX wants to strike out own their own, I say go for it. It would interesting to see how the state would do with their own currency without the backing of billions of dollars pouring into the state from the Federal Government.

[KEWX]

i believe he said something like that.. but its a TEXAS thing we can get a little fired up with our TEXAN PRIDE!

But if he has national aspiration, he can forget it because of that statement!

[Skip]

Obama said he was going to put a boot to the throats of bp... Did he mean that lol... They all say silly things

[brewmaster15]

Politics and stereotypes....bad combo.

-AL

[John_Nicholson]

Politics and stereotypes....bad combo.

-AL

Al is that all you got? I was hoping for a more spirited discussion.

-john

[scottthomas]

Texas gov made the right decision in my IMO. I doubt Mexico will start executing US citizens due to this. A little far fetched.

I for one am sick and tired of the US bowing down to what other countries think.

+1

It would interesting to see how the state would do with their own currency without the backing of billions of dollars pouring into the state from the Federal Government.

Yes, especially since Texas seems to be doing a much better job with economic growth than the fed gov.

[Skip]

Austin has about 6% unemployment..
Ps. If we were are own country we"d be 7th largest in world! Yee-haw! lol

[Darrell Ward]

well.. SS is going to stop in the near future... there is no way it will continue.. you can't pay more then you bring in..

Years down the road, not "the near future" if you look up the facts. Near future doom is political propaganda. After next years election weeds out a lot of the current crop in Congress unwilling to do anything that might be seen as constructive, I expect progress to be made on all fronts of the economy. I really don't think that the majority of the American people are willing to allow one party to cut the entire government into bankruptcy, and tear down the most powerful country in the world for mere political gain.

[gravjack]

It appears to me that Texas got it right. Two suggestions for those that will now fret that they won't get help from our country if they get in trouble outside its borders. #1 - don't break their laws. #2 - if you don't know their laws or are afraid, don't go.

As for "billions" of "federal dollars" pouring into Texas, it might be interesting to know how many of those came from Texas originally. Might not be so tragic for Texas to keep its own wealth, at least for Texas.

John

[Darrell Ward]

It would be interesting. The removal of all 15 US military bases in TX alone would put a huge dent in the state economy. Overall, I don't think it would be as rosy as some people would like to think.

[Skip]

Darrell but thats the beauty... We only state that has that option! How cool is that!