Leaders of the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM) — which openly calls for the Lone Star State to secede from the United States and become an independent nation again — appear to have surpassed the threshold to put a secession ballot initiative on the 2024 Republican primary ballot this March.Newsweek...

Leaders of the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM) — which openly calls for the Lone Star State to secede from the United States and become an independent nation again — appear to have surpassed the threshold to put a secession ballot initiative on the 2024 Republican primary ballot this March.Newsweek…

      • chaogomu@kbin.social
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        11 months ago

        Yes and no, Texas is actually one of the few red states that contribute more in taxes than they take in from federal programs.

        Now, that surplus is present for a lot of reasons, some of which is the refusal to take part in some programs that would actually help, and some of which is due to fossil fuel deposits.

        • Drusas@kbin.social
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          11 months ago

          I was talking more about how they like to take in federal aid after any disaster, rely on blaming the federal government in order to garner votes, etc.

    • firecat@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      The only thing they can do is make oil and gas more expensive, no one is going to like that, no even America.

      • magnetosphere@kbin.social
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        11 months ago

        That’s okay. If they secede, the US government can simply resort to blunt force like we often do when oil is involved. I don’t see The Republic of Texas joining OPEC.