Tens of thousands of conservatives and libertarians from a bunch of states have petitioned the White House for the right to secede from the United States of America; Texas has garnered almost 90,000 signatures. Meanwhile, here at the Dope, a poll on which state the teeming millions would like to see kicked out has Texas winning.
Currently,states are forbidden from seceding by the court ruling in Texas v. White, but hypothetically let’s say we gave Texas the right to secede. And hypothetically, let’s say they were whooped up into such a frenzy that they decided to secede.
What would be the actual economic consequences to Texas and to the United States, respectively?
The level of hostility would matter greatly.
Most educated liberals would flee to the US before the secession began I am sure.
They would first have to figure some type of military situation or the US would use Texas as a doormat. We would take from them what we want and use them as we see fit. Knowing the President of Texas, he would probably get into bed with some global dictator like all Bush’s have done in the past.
As for economic consequences, I assume that Texas would have to assume its share of the national debt. Perhaps this might be allocated on a per capita basis.
So idiots from 40 states have started petitions to secede, but it’s only Texas. Our batshit insane governor has even dissed the petition, for crying out loud.
Yup. They can’t leave until they pay their share of the national debt, and pay for all current federal infrastructure and installations in Texas that must be moved.
To be fair, the Texas petition has the most votes and Texas has a history of being both a separate country and part of Mexico, so it’s not really a stretch.